Pete Buttigieg

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1,193 appearances 7 recordings 6 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 10 May

Pete Buttigieg’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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So these moments of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat

You know, the word gatekeeper gets used a lot for White House staff.

I don't think that's unfair.

I would also say, though, that I don't say that's new.

You know, the gatekeeper is often the kind of other word you use for a chief of staff.

You could feel that he was growing older.

I mean, I think we all saw that.

I think my experience, and obviously I wasn't at the White House every day.

Most of the time I was out in the field doing transportation work.

But what I would see if I was at an event was the same as what you'd see watching TV.

I think the debate was a real turning point.

Which wasn't good.

Yeah, I mean, the debate was a turning point, right?

Where you just saw, I think everybody saw what everybody saw.

On the other hand, you know, when we were handling... How did something like that happen?

Yeah, I think the short answer is there's not really a they that makes that decision, right?

People give advice, but there's a he.

Like one person decides if he's running again, one person decides at the end of the day on the campaign strategy and is accountable for that.

So, you know, I can't imagine what exactly was going on in the inner circle.

I wasn't part of those conversations.

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