Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg held a grassroots fundraising event at the Avalon, located
in West Hollywood, and spoke about his takes from climate change to being a pro-choice Christian.
The event was a “low dollar” fundraiser with tickets starting at twenty-five dollars in order to
make it more accessible for a younger crowd, and featured guest DJ Shepherd Fairey, creator of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign “Hope” poster.
Buttigieg spoke about how important it is to change U.S. policies regarding climate change and suggested carbon pricing and more investing.
Buttigieg later emphasized the influence of local community efforts.
“A really big thing we need to do is unlock the power of local communities and cities to confront climate change,” Buttigieg said.
Pete Buttigieg is a former U.S. Naval Reserve officer and has served as mayor for his town South Bend, Indiana since 2012 for two terms.
Buttigieg answered questions submitted by attendees from a fish bowl which included measures
for gun control, reproductive healthcare, and making higher education affordable and more
accessible.
Bolstering federal tuition grants instead of promising to make college completely tution or debt free.
Buttigieg admitted to the audience that none of his plans were going to be easy to implement, but reiterated that all of his plans can be done.
The Mayor of Indiana went on and urged people to go out and vote, Buttigieg emphasized it to younger voters soon to come for election year in 2020.
“All the things young people are going to face are being decided and are on the ballot right now,” Buttigieg said.