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South Bend Mayor and Democrat Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg spoke at the Indiana University Auditorium, this afternoon.
The two-term mayor used today’s campaign stop to broadly outline his foreign policy stance. Buttigieg was introduced by former 9th District Congressman (D-IN) Lee Hamilton. At today’s address, Buttigieg praised both Hamilton and former U.S. Senator (R-IN) Richard Lugar.
Buttigieg’s campaign stop at IU emphasized his experience as a Navy reservist in Afghanistan and his education, both at Ivy league schools and abroad. The 37 year-old mayor also took the opportunity to attack President Donald Trump, before addressing U.S. foreign policy towards North Korea, Russia, and China, as well as what he called the ‘disastrous effects’ of current policies towards Mexico and Central American nations. He also called on U.S. foreign policy to take a tougher approach on Israel, particularly when it came to abuses of Palestinian human rights.
But ‘Mayor Pete’ received his biggest applause when he addressed climate change, and outlined his support for a carbon credit tax system in the US.
