I Don't Need One, But Here's Another Reason To Love Pete

While Pete Buttigieg was stumping for Joe Biden at a rally in Florida last week, a MAGAt heckler kept trying to shout him down, by running in front of the podium and shrieking:

“Trump 2020. Say no to Sleepy Joe Biden!”

Pete, as Pete does, simply took that moment in and then said:

“Wouldn’t it be nice to have a president who will serve [the heckler] just as enthusiastically as he will serve us? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a president who cares just as much about protecting the lives of those that protest us as those who stand at our side?”

And, clearly emboldened because he was being noticed, the heckler shouted:

“Don’t worry about it. We’re bigger than him.”

But even Pete grew weary, and as the heckler kept shrieking, Pete asked:

“Okay dude, but can I finish my remarks? Are you afraid to hear what I have to say? Are you afraid to hear what I have to say? Are you afraid to hear what I have to say?”

And then he asked:

“Do you denounce white supremacy?”

And the heckler seemed to nod yes, and so Pete, being Pete, said:

“Good! Then we AGREED on something. That’s a beginning point. See if you can get your president to do the same thing.”

And that’s why I like Pete; he’ll talk to all of us, even those who shout him down, and find common ground.

I want Pete to, one day, become America’s first openly gay president.