Pete Buttigieg: Time for Radical Change

About this episode

Pete Buttigieg discusses the need for radical political reform and shares personal insights during an interview with Tim Miller.

Democrats tend to defend the institutions that Trump is tearing apart, but Pete Buttigieg says the party should be focusing on the bigger, deeper structural problems the country is facing and the need for political reform. The kind of radical institutional changes he’d like to see include: expanding SCOTUS and the House of Representatives, statehood for Washington, D.C., and directly electing the president by popular vote. Plus, Pete gets candid about the “most f*cked-up thing” that’s ever happened to his family, the big opportunity for Dems in Iowa in November, and Pete’s stumping for candidates in places where Fox News reigns. Pete Buttigieg joined Tim Miller in Des Moines. Show notes: List provided by Pete Buttigieg of candidates he has endorsed in the 2026 election cycle can be found in show notes in the below link: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-buttigieg-time-for-radical-change

People in this episode

Host: Tim Miller

Guest: Pete Buttigieg

Topics covered

• political reform
• institutional change
• Democratic Party
• election strategy
• personal stories

Keywords

• Pete Buttigieg
• political reform
• Democrats
• Iowa
• Fox News
• 2026 election
• institutional change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democrats, Fox News

Places: Washington, D.C., Iowa

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