'Stand up for what we believe in': Only Pete Buttigieg gets standing ovation from Corn Feed audience

[mobeau69]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. — Ten Democratic presidential candidates took the stage Sunday afternoon in 90-degree weather to address would-be Iowa caucusgoers, but only Pete Buttigieg got a standing ovation.

"If we embrace a left-wing agenda, the president’s going to say we’re socialists and we’re for open borders. If we adopt a conservative agenda, the president’s going to say we’re socialists and we’re for open borders. So we might as well stand up for what we believe in and take it from there," Buttigieg said.





https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/07/14/iowa-corn-feed-pete-buttigieg-caucus-2020-election-bennet-klobuchar-castro-gillibrand-williamson/1720965001/

[left-of-center2012]

1. He speaks the truth

[efhmc]

2. Wish this truth would be told and listen to by all Americans.

[rurallib]

3. 12 of the 24(?) candidates were scheduled to appear at the corn feed

so it was not as if he was the star among the full line up.

Scheduled speakers were:

Senator Michael Bennet, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former HUD Secretary Julian Castro, Mayor Bill de Blasio, former Congressman John Delaney, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, former Governor John Hickenlooper, Governor Jay Inslee, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Congressman Seth Moulton, Congressman Tim Ryan, and Marianne Williamson.

Just seemed a bit misleading to me.

[MBS]

5. hey, a standing ovation is a standing ovation. n/t

[Blue_true]

6. That does not negate the point that he made.

Republicans are going to try to typecast our nominee as some wild eyed fool, so that nominee must set a rational course and stay on it.

[mobeau69]

9. What's misleading? He was the only one to get a standing ovation and the first sentence of

the piece is "Ten Democratic presidential candidates took the stage..."

It's helpful to read more than just the headlines of an article. The headlines aren't intended to tell the complete story. Just the most salient point. That's why there are actual articles that follow.

Geez-o-Pete.

[MBS]

4. Wonderful! n/t

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Go Pete!! Go Dems!! nt

[democrank]

8. Pete Buttigieg always seems to say the right thing at the right time.

He is a very sharp candidate.

[PatrickforO]

10. YES!

[FakeNoose]

11. I think Mayor Pete is doing great

He's still a long shot for this election, but he's making great strides and everybody has noticed. In my opinion the best thing he can do would be to lead a cornbelt coalition of the midwestern farming states. It won't win him the nomination but he'll surely be a major factor at next year's Convention.

I believe he's the future of our Party, with a few other young leaders.