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Mayor Pete Buttigieg vs ceiling fan just moments ago during his campaign rally in Davenport, IA. "I didn't expect a decapitation!"pic.twitter.com/9gNYtgqboC
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@PeteButtigieg on stage now for his second stop in Iowa, at the Airliner in Iowa City. Points out that he belongs to the generation that dealt with school shootings, provided the troops for the Afghanistan/Iraq wars, and will bear the brunt of impacts of climate change.pic.twitter.com/BvdLq8iRkz
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Very human moment as Mayor Buttigieg accidentally forgets he's not in the Quad Cities and is now in Iowa City at The Airliner.
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Buttigieg responds to a gun control question with some pretty standard Dem talking points, but then things got interesting when he pivoted to attacking people trying to take away the right to vote. "A closet full of ARs isn’t going to protect you against that."
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@PeteButtigieg's third and final stop in Iowa, where a crowd awaits him. On a workday. During working hours.pic.twitter.com/rqokJJ2Ro8
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BUTTIGIEG says Dems have to improve messaging about freedom. Says Rs talk freedom from gvmt, regulation, taxes. Says he's concerned with policies that give us the freedom to do things. "You aren't free to start your own business if you're afraid of losing your health insurance."pic.twitter.com/6RePCodHSM
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Third grader asks
@PeteButtigieg about teachers, and he calls on his husband,@Chas10Buttigieg, a current teacher, to talk about whether he made more as a bartender or a teacher. Chas pipes in to say he made more as a bartender during college.pic.twitter.com/JFwteDNK8V
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BUTTIGIEG tax policy: * "Top marginal tax rate needs to go up, people need to start paying their share." * "I would couple that with a wealth tax, it's a lot like property taxes." * Hints at taxing HIGH FREQUENCY TRADING.
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This is the 1st time I've heard a candidate TALK ABOUT taxing high-frequency trading.
@BernieSanders has a bill to tax it, &@SenGillibrand is a cosponsor. But I've never heard them talk about it.@brianschatz has mentioned it a couple times, but I haven't seen it in-person yetShow this thread -
So Cedar Rapids was the last campaign stop of the day, but the last stop of the day period for
@PeteButtigieg is a moderated book panel & signingpic.twitter.com/0hV7US10As – at Iowa City Public Library
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The bar for the Democratic primary has officially been raised!
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I knew Iowa had some adoring fans of his, but this might just be a step too far
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NO ONE EXPECTS THE IOWA DECAPITATION!
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No one ever does...
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Real Life Game of Thrones House
@PeteButtigieg defying decapitation to live another day. Heroic !!!!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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...and
@PeteButtigieg even knows how to change a light-bulb? Single-handedly? Talent, ambition, deep intellect, honors grad@Harvard, clear understanding of our challenges, compassionate with strength, ideals without puff. No spin.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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This is taken right out of
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