Pete Buttigieg in CNN Kfile

On Principles & Values: Yes, young, but more government experience than Pres. Trump

Buttigieg rebutted questions about his age by saying he has the experience to be president. Buttigieg appeared at the town hall without a jacket, the decision that made him look even younger than he does, a fact he often jokes about on the campaign trail.

When asked why he thinks, at 37 years old, he is qualified to be President, Buttigieg replied he had the experience, another answer that hit the Trump administration. "I have more years of government experience under my belt than the President. That's a low bar. I know that. I also have had more years of executive government experience than the vice president," he said.

"I get I'm the young guy in the conversation, but experience is what qualifies me to have a seat at this table," he concluded.

Source: CNN KFile on 2019 SXSW conference in Austin Mar 11, 2019

On War & Peace: Don't let Iraq war supporters plan Venezuela invasion

Buttigieg fired on Trump foreign policy official John Bolton, who has long advocated and defended the invasion of Iraq. (Buttigieg served during the war in Afghanistan.). "I don't understand how somebody leading us into the Iraq war is allowed that near the situation room to begin with," Buttigieg said in an answer about conflict in Venezuela, where Bolton has suggested military force could be an option.

Bolton was an early supporter of the Iraq War and pushed for the initial invasion during his time, after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as President George W. Bush's undersecretary of State for arms control and international security.

Source: CNN KFile on 2019 SXSW conference in Austin Mar 11, 2019

On Welfare & Poverty: Scripture is about protecting the stranger and the poor

Buttigieg played to the Democratic crowd at South-by-Southwest, answering questions with a series of attacks on Vice President Mike Pence, a man he worked with when the VP was the governor of Indiana. "How would he allow himself to become the cheerleader for the porn star presidency? Is it that he stopped believing in scripture when he started believing Donald Trump?" Buttigieg asked.

The comment was direct and combative for the mayor, but his calm delivery seemed to blunt the attack. "His interpretation of scripture is pretty different than mine to begin with," Buttigieg said. "My understanding of scripture is that it's about protecting the stranger and the prisoner and the poor person and that idea. That's what I get in the gospel when I'm at church and his has a lot more to do with sexuality."

Source: CNN KFile on 2019 SXSW conference in Austin Mar 11, 2019

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