Pete Buttigieg
@PeteButtigieg
Followers
4M
Following
2K
Media
3K
Statuses
14K
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Joined December 2010
Chasten and I are beyond thankful for all the kind wishes since first sharing the news that we’re becoming parents. We are delighted to welcome Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg to our family.
25K
17K
332K
Did the President of the United States just instruct a white supremacist group to “stand by”?.
14K
56K
319K
Just imagine turning on the TV, seeing your president, and feeling your blood pressure go down instead of up.
23K
33K
302K
All night he talked about himself and about her. She, by contrast, talked about you. Because that’s who she works for.
10K
33K
220K
For some time, Chasten and I have wanted to grow our family. We’re overjoyed to share that we’ve become parents! The process isn’t done yet and we’re thankful for the love, support, and respect for our privacy that has been offered to us. We can’t wait to share more soon.
12K
8K
203K
Joe Biden has earned his place among the best and most consequential presidents in American history. I am so proud to serve under his leadership, and thankful for his unwavering focus on what is best for our country.
7K
21K
194K
Congratulations to our next president, Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
3K
13K
200K
Having my husband @Chasten by my side yesterday in a hearing room is something not seen before for a Cabinet nominee. And our hope is that it makes it easier for the next person to come along.
5K
10K
195K
This is a moment of tremendous opportunity—to create jobs, meet the climate challenge, and enhance equity for all. I'm honored that the President-elect has asked me to serve our nation as Secretary of Transportation.
10K
10K
195K
My *preference* is that the winner of this presidential election should choose the next justice.
11K
22K
193K
He’s really doubling down on the crazy uncle vibe this evening.
4K
19K
187K
Protecting the outgoing president's ego is not worth undermining national security.
3K
18K
183K
It’s 2022, and 157 House Republicans just voted against marriage equality. That’s where they come down on this issue. In 2022.
10K
31K
180K
Come to think of it, denigrating the worth of a soldier’s service based on whether he deployed to a war zone is… kind of like denigrating the worth of a woman’s citizenship based on whether she happens to have children.
12K
32K
168K
If you’re a politician or media figure who sets up the LGBTQ community to be hated and feared - not because any of us ever harmed you but because you find it useful - then don’t you dare act surprised when this kind of violence follows. Don’t you dare act surprised.
14K
33K
165K
Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch. President Trump now oversees the military and the.
29K
43K
202K
More than ever, I'm looking forward to January 20, 2021.
5K
10K
169K
Imagine how it will feel the first time the sun comes up and Donald Trump is no longer the president of the United States.
10K
16K
169K
There's no such thing as a permanently red state. Thank you for your leadership, @StaceyAbrams!.
1K
10K
163K
America would be better off if we got rid of the Electoral College.
10K
18K
164K
Why is Lindsey Graham refusing to take a Covid test? Is the President still on steroids? Where is the Vice President? . How much better off would the USA be if we didn’t have to worry about questions like this?.
10K
26K
160K
At times like this, it would be helpful if our country had a president.
13K
25K
160K
I will do all that I can to help elect @KamalaHarris the next President of the United States.
5K
18K
156K
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @JeffreyGoldberg.
14K
31K
189K
We will soon have a president who believes in and listens to science, and that will save lives.
11K
10K
157K
In one week we will have a president and vice president with integrity and decency, qualities we need more than ever.
9K
12K
154K
A special sunrise this morning. How does it look where you are?.
12K
5K
152K
Tim Walz is an exceptionally effective governor - and also great to work with. I’m excited for what his Midwestern voice, military experience, and common-sense values will bring to our winning ticket, and for everything the Harris-Walz administration will deliver for Americans.
3K
15K
145K
People in countries whose leaders told them the truth about COVID didn’t “panic.” They responded. And as a result, far fewer of them died.
3K
30K
147K
Can’t believe we even have to say this, but: if you just went to the Senate floor and blocked benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving our country in a war zone, you are wrong.
7K
21K
143K
Cats! Dogs! Geese! Laura Loomer! Look, now he’s attacking Taylor! . Like the last season before a show gets canceled for getting over-the-top and, at the same time, boring. This election is about jobs, wages, climate, health care, abortion. Not his show. Your life.
8K
29K
139K
How refreshing that our president-elect is already at work to unite and heal - ready to serve everyone who voted for this ticket, and everyone who didn’t.
2K
9K
143K
Thank you for inviting me into your homes, sharing your stories, and putting your trust in me. We launched our campaign because Americans are hungry for a new kind of politics that brings us together. And together we'll beat this president and build the era that must come next.
9K
12K
144K
When was the president’s last negative COVID test?.
9K
18K
141K
Whenever anyone is in court to make it *harder* for Americans to vote, we have to ask: why?.
6K
22K
139K
If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.
7K
19K
168K
Joe Biden, not yet claiming victory, is already at work to heal and unite America.
2K
10K
140K
Let's be clear: it is wrong and illegal to use federal property and taxpayer resources for partisan campaigning.
4K
23K
132K
Has a presidential nominee ever agreed to a debate, then pulled out? . Remarkable show of weakness here.
Trump camp says he's backing out of the debates.
29K
18K
130K
If someone you love and care about voted the other way, today might be a good day to reach out. Not to talk politics, but to talk about things that will remind them (and yourself) why you love and care about them.
11K
11K
133K
I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.
11K
27K
152K
In 6 weeks we can retire Mitch McConnell as Senate Majority Leader.
3K
14K
122K
Picture waking up that first day the sun rises when Donald Trump is no longer president—and @JoeBiden is in the White House. Let's work to make that happen.
4K
15K
121K
Our country is under attack from white nationalist terrorism, inspiring murder on our soil and abetted by weak gun laws. If we are serious about national security, we must summon the courage to name and defeat this evil.
10K
27K
120K
The president-elect should receive intelligence briefings not just as a courtesy—but as a matter of national security.
8K
10K
119K
Thank you, Madam Speaker, for literally standing up for our country.
2K
12K
118K
You do not refer to human beings as animals. You just don’t.
19K
16K
117K
It feels good to visualize the moment when Vice President Mike Pence is replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris.
2K
10K
118K
Being against mask mandates is like being against seat belts.
10K
14K
118K
Remember that all of this is a strategy. The politics of outrage and insult are the last refuge of a politician who cannot defend his own plans.
5K
25K
110K
They can't spin this away. The Trump administration contacted air traffic controllers, offering buyouts to leave their jobs. It's a very easily proven fact.
11K
24K
140K
We need a Secretary of Education who actually believes in public education. and public health.
2K
17K
118K
To GOP operatives working overtime to disqualify votes from deployed troops because you think it helps your guy: look in the mirror and ask yourself how it came to this.
2K
22K
114K
The USA held an election during the Civil War, and we will hold one in 96 days. No distractions—let's get to work.
850
18K
117K
We need to trust women to make their own health care choices.
2K
18K
117K
Waiting is hard. That's as normal and human as it gets. But we're waiting because so many people voted and because election workers are carefully ensuring that every vote is counted properly—and that is a good thing.
1K
10K
117K
Sure is interesting how we passed the Inflation Reduction Act, and then inflation went down.
23K
22K
109K
She is making history already, and she will serve our nation well. Congratulations Madam Vice President-elect @KamalaHarris!.
726
9K
116K
The stock market is not the same thing as the economy.
3K
16K
114K
We need to be clear with anyone who considers themselves an ally: LGBTQ+ equality is on the ballot.
1K
17K
112K
I don’t envy Mike Pence’s job of defending the indefensible.
3K
10K
109K
The Civil Rights Act was signed in 1964 by President Johnson. Show some goddamned respect.
5K
14K
107K
Imagine, for a moment, having a president more concerned with defeating this virus than protecting Confederate statues.
2K
14K
109K
Americans who serve aren’t “suckers” or “losers” — they are patriots.
2K
13K
105K
Listening to medical experts should not be political.
2K
15K
106K
It should not be hard, especially today, for every elected official and media personality in America—left, right, and center—to unequivocally condemn white nationalism, “replacement theory,” and all that comes with it.
4K
16K
102K
It’s one thing for some leftist group to call you a fascist. Quite another when it’s a fellow Republican. And absolutely astonishing when it’s your own chief of staff.
6K
22K
100K
25 days and still waiting for the president of the United States to comment on reports of Russian bounties on our troops.
3K
22K
102K
Even worse incompetence: they accidentally fired, then apparently today un-fired, hundreds of the people who manage America's nuclear weapons.
5K
20K
120K
I'm ready for an Attorney General who understands they're the attorney for the American people, not for the president.
1K
13K
100K
Imagine what would be on your screen—or your mind—tonight, if ours were a normal democracy that gives the presidency to whoever earns the most votes.
6K
7K
99K
The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?.
16K
20K
119K
Our Constitution is a living document because it requires real people to interpret laws written in a living language. If it were self-evident, judges would be unnecessary. Interpretation matters.
969
16K
97K
In America, decisions about what is legal and illegal are made by courts of law. Not by the Vice President.
14K
16K
116K
Today, #SCOTUS has ruled that no LGBTQ American can be fired because of who they are or who they love.
703
10K
98K
Some things should be beyond politics, like funding the post office.
2K
13K
95K
.@KamalaHarris fights tirelessly for justice, dignity, and equality for all Americans. I'm thrilled she's joining the ticket and can't wait to call her my Vice President.
1K
9K
94K
Doing a quick bit of laundry. Hear loud scream. Run into kitchen terrified, expecting to see @Chas10Buttigieg in pool of blood. Am thereupon informed that @Lin_Manuel is following my husband, whose life is now complete.
2K
6K
92K
Substance over bluster. Optimism over negativity. And yes, a new generation over the same, old, tired show. She crushed it tonight.
3K
13K
89K
Donald Trump won’t say he wants Ukraine to win the war? . I thought he would at least pretend….
10K
11K
90K
Americans should not be satisfied with the worst COVID outcomes in the developed world.
1K
13K
91K
Thanks to everyone for the kind birthday wishes today! Very much looking forward to the year ahead and the new era that begins tomorrow.
5K
3K
92K
On January 20th, we will have a new president whose first instinct is to unite—not divide. That moment can't come soon enough.
1K
7K
91K
“If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar.”.
1K
15K
92K
When a president (who faked a disability in order to avoid serving) attacks a departed war hero, it’s for attention. We should honor the late Senator McCain, and also follow his example by focusing not on the behavior of the president but on the future of our country.
2K
16K
89K