Pete Buttigieg

I also don't think it makes sense to allow that to explain everything, which is one of the habits that's formed, I think, definitely on my party's far left that made it harder for us to get through.

Especially when you have a lot of people whose interests are shared.

Especially when you have a lot of people whose interests are shared.

I'm thinking about the economic interest of poor people and low wealth people in this country, for example.

I'm thinking about the economic interest of poor people and low wealth people in this country, for example.

who are black, white, and of every ethnicity and identity and gender, of course, who maybe didn't hear a unifying message that was speaking to them as a group because it felt like my party was, it was like a salad bar.

who are black, white, and of every ethnicity and identity and gender, of course, who maybe didn't hear a unifying message that was speaking to them as a group because it felt like my party was, it was like a salad bar.

Like, here's something for your group and here's something for another group and here's something for another group.

Like, here's something for your group and here's something for another group and here's something for another group.

And it just didn't add up into a story.

And it just didn't add up into a story.

Now,

Now,

I would argue that Trump practices a kind of identity politics too, a sort of a white identity politics that makes people feel like they're encircled by the other, that immigrants are sort of an invasion.

I would argue that Trump practices a kind of identity politics too, a sort of a white identity politics that makes people feel like they're encircled by the other, that immigrants are sort of an invasion.

I mean, we can go down that road and I often have.

I mean, we can go down that road and I often have.

But the more straightforward way to answer your question about my party is that I think identity has become too central to how my party thinks.

But the more straightforward way to answer your question about my party is that I think identity has become too central to how my party thinks.

Famously, our party has a lot of different voices within it.