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Pete Buttigieg is going to make himself useful again. He just doesn't know how.

Can any one offer some suggestions?

BTW: Can anyone interpret this for me?

From the NYTimes article:

"We’ve got to figure out how to take online conversations offline at scale,” he said. “While it is not obvious how to do that, that is something that through human history until about 15 years ago, we all did. And so we’re going to have ways to do that that might on some level be a return to form but on other levels, entail information environment work that is unfamiliar to people who have taken a free press in a democratic society for granted.”

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by Anonymousreply 12November 27, 2024 10:11 PM

The archived article:

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by Anonymousreply 1November 24, 2024 3:00 AM

My Peter and I are going to take over Morning Joe and rename it “Gay Morning America!”

My Peter will interview the politicians, and I will interview Real Housewives and do cooking segments!

by Anonymousreply 2November 24, 2024 3:02 AM

Bottoming?

by Anonymousreply 3November 24, 2024 3:04 AM

He is saying that the social media political “noise” ecosystem is an echo chamber divorced from the real word. Algorithms for engagement and memes cannot replace the real world politiking that has kept democracy alive in America. We will have to “unlearn” behaviors that social media has entrenched in us, because the Party obviously would not have done what it did if it knew how much voters despised it.

by Anonymousreply 4November 24, 2024 3:08 AM

r4, That's exactly what I was thinking.

by Anonymousreply 5November 24, 2024 3:13 AM

R4 Oh.

by Anonymousreply 6November 24, 2024 3:15 AM

As usual he talks in circles. He's inept.

by Anonymousreply 7November 24, 2024 3:27 AM

To put it in language you whores understand , he’s saying that we need to stop hooking up using the apps and instead go out to bars and meet people like we did in the past.

by Anonymousreply 8November 24, 2024 4:55 AM

If he wants to go offline, he could continue the Harris campaign door knocking, for all the good that did. People don't want other people bothering them in person. They like online and digital.

by Anonymousreply 9November 24, 2024 6:57 AM

I'm still trying to figure out why he adopted trophy kids. The Trumpers accused him and Chastian of lactating. I don't even know what that means but I can't believe it's good for Democratic causes. He should try holding an elected position bigger than "mayor of a city adjacent to I-80"

by Anonymousreply 10November 24, 2024 7:30 AM

Pete Buttigieg expertly fact-checks Donald Trump Jr. on electric vehicles

Even X's community notes can't save Donald Trump Jr. now.

The president-elect's son is getting roasted on the site, formerly known as Twitter, for believing a ridiculous post that claimed "Pete Buttigieg will leave his post as Transportation Secretary having spent $7.5 BILLION to build 8 EV charging stations."

"His legacy will be squandering billions on something nobody wants, while millions struggle to afford the things they need," it read.

Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. Despite the post not providing evidence for its claims, Trump ran with news, hastily taking a shot at "woke" initiatives in his reply: "Does not seem like a great return on investment... but hey he checked a woke box so it's totally worth it."

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by Anonymousreply 11November 27, 2024 8:05 PM

On Face the Nation, Margaret Brennan confronted Buttigieg about the small number of charging stations built, citing the Federal Highway Administration’s data, and he did not deny it then.

MARGARET BRENNAN: --obviously it's resonating for him, because he wouldn't bring it up so frequently if there wasn't some anxiety that he's tapping into. And let me ask about a portion of this that I think does fall under your portfolio and that's the charging stations you mentioned. The Federal Highway Administration says only seven or eight charging stations have been produced with the $7.5 billion investment that taxpayers made back in 2021. Why isn't that happening more quickly?

SECRETARY BUTTIGIEG: So the President's goal is to have half a million chargers up by the end of this decade. Now, in order to do a charger, it's more than just plunking a- a small device into the ground, there's utility work, and this is also, really, a new category of federal investment. But we've been working with each of the 50 states, every one of them is getting formula dollars to do this work--

MARGARET BRENNAN: Seven or eight, though?

SECRETARY BUTTIGIEG: --Engaging them and the first handful- again, by 2030, 500,000 chargers. And the very first handful of chargers are now already being physically built. But again, that's the absolute very, very beginning stages of the construction to come.

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