>>> YOUR NEXT VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, KAMALA
HARRIS.
KAMALA.
>> ITS OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA U.S.
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS WILL BE
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR VICE
PRESIDENT.
JOE BIDEN INTRODUCED HER FROM
THE WILMINGTON, DELAWARE HIGH
SCHOOL.
WHILE THE CANDIDATES AND
CONVENTION SPEAKERS WILL NOT
TAKE THE PODIUM NEXT WEEK CONVEX
CONVENTION SPEAKERS WILL APPEAR
NIGHTLY INCLUDING MAYOR PETE
BUTTIGIEG.
MAYOR BUTTIGIEG JOINS US FROM
SOUTH BEND.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> WHAT YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF
KAMALA HARRIS AS JOE BIDEN'S
RUNNING MATE?
>> I THINK SHE'S BE A GREAT
RUNNING MATE AND A GREAT VICE
PRESIDENT.
YOU LEARN A LOT ABOUT SOMEONE
WHEN YOU ARE COMPETING OVER THE
COURSE OF A YEAR.
I HAVE SEEN HER INTELLECT, I
HAVE SEEN HER COMPASSION.
SHE'S SOMEBODY THAT REALLY
UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S AT STAKE AND
BEEN SO EFFECTIVE IN THE SENATE
ITS A GREAT CHOICE ON THE VICE
PRESIDENT'S PART.
>> WE'RE ON THE EVE OF A VIRTUAL
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
THE PEOPLE OF MILWAUKEE ARE
CRUSHED THAT NO ONE WILL BE
HERE.
IS THERE STILL ANYTHING IN THIS
CONVENTION FOR THEM?
>> I KNOW WHAT OF COURSE I FEEL
THE SAME WAY.
I WAS DELIGHTED BY THE DECISION
TO HOST OUR DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION IN THE MIDWEST.
BECAUSE I THINK IT SENDS AN
IMPORTANT MESSAGE. I DO THINK
THAT YOU KNOW THE NAME OF
MILWAUKEE, AND THE THEMES OF
THAT REALLY PROPELLED THE PARTY
TO HOST THE CONVENTION
>> THERE THAT'S GOING TO
CONTINUE TO BE HEARD AND ON OUR
HEARTS ALL WEEK.
OF COURSE WE WISH WE WERE
GATHERING IN PERSON.
THIS IS A DECISION, A TOUGH ONE
MADE OUT OF THE RESPECT FOR THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PEOPLE FROM
AROUND THE COUNTRY AND CERTAINLY
IN MILWAUKEE.
WITH CONTRAST THAT WITH THE
DECISION TO REALLY ENDANGER THE
LIVES OF OKLAHOMANS.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT THOUGHT IT
WAS OKAY TO HOST AN INDOOR RALLY
AS CORONA VIRUS CASES WERE
SPIKING.
THIS IS THESE ARE THE TIMES WE
LIVE IN AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE,
BUT, I DON'T THINK IT TAKES A
WAY FROM THE SYMBOLIC RESPONSE
OF REACHING OUT TO WISCONSIN, TO
OUR PART OF THE COUNTRY OVERALL
AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT
REFLECTED IN MANY WAYS
THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
>> NOW YOU MENTIONED THIS WHILE
THE DEMOCRATS AREN'T COMING
REPUBLICANS ARE.
DONALD TRUMP HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS
TO BE IN OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN ON
MONDAY NIGHT.
WHAT DOES THAT TELL VOTERS
HERE?
>> WELL AGAIN, IF HE'S PLANNING
TO GATHER IN A WAY THAT'S
UNSAFE, THEN WHAT IT TELLS
VOTERS IS THAT HE DOESN'T
RESPECT THEM.
YOU KNOW, THE TRUTH IS, THAT I
THINK THERE'S A BASIC LEVEL OF
REGARD THAT THIS PRESIDENT JUST
DOESN'T HAVE FOR THE SAFETY OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND EVEN FOR
HIS OWN SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW THE FACT THAT THEY
INSISTED THAT PEOPLE GO TO HIS
RALLIES SIGNED A WAIVER IN CASE
THEY GET INFECTED EVEN WHILE HE
IS SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO BE
SAFE TELLS YOU JUST THE
MENTALITY HERE.
NOW THAT BEING SAID, OF COURSE
THE PRESIDENT ALSO RECOGNIZES
THAT HIS RELEX REELECTION
DEPENDS IN PART ON VOTES IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT
FOR US TO CONTINUE REACHING OUT
WITH THE MESSAGE THAT JOE BIDEN
IS THE PRESIDENT THAT ACTUALLY
CARES ABOUT US.
HE'S SOMEBODY THAT UNDERSTANDS
WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO GET OUR
ECONOMY BACK ON ITS FEET.
SOMEBODY THAT WILL LISTEN TO
DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS IN ORDER
TO GET US OUT FROM THIS PANDEMIC
AND SOMEBODY WHO WILL REVERSE
THE DISASTROUS DECISIONS THAT
THIS PRESIDENT HAS MADE THAT
HAVE BROUGHT AGRICULTURE IN OUR
COUNTRY TO ITS KNEES.
WOE JUST CAN'T TAKE FOUR MORE
YEARS OF THIS.
>> YOU ARE ON THE DNC TO SPEAK.
CAN AN ONLINE CONVENTION STILL
INSPIRE AND ENERGIZE VOTERS.
>> OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
I THINK MOST OF US IF WE'RE
BEING HONEST KNOW THAT YOU KNOW
THE FORMAT OF THE POLITICAL
CONVENTION, IT WAS DUE TO THE
CHANGE TO REFRESH ANYWAY.
THE LAST 30 OR 40 YEARS IT'S
COME TO FEEL MORE AND MORE
STAGED, MORE AND MORE
PREDICTABLE AND SO, YOU KNOW
THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE
ANOTHER ONE LIKE WHAT WE'RE
DOING IN 2020.
AT LEAST I CERTAINLY HOPE NOT
BECAUSE THERE WILL ONLY BE
CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THIS, BUT I
ALSO THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT
CONVENTIONS WILL NEVER GO SWEET
QUITE BACK TO THE OLD WAY AND
MAYBE THAT'S NOT SUCH A BAD
THING.
>> HOW WILL WISCONSIN
SPECIFICALLY BE BETTER OFF WITH
THE JOE BIDEN PRESIDENCY?
>> WELL YOU KNOW MANUFACTURING
WAS IN A RECESSION EVEN BEFORE
THE PANDEMIC HIT.
AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU
KNOW PARTS OF THE COUNTRY LIKE
INDIANA, LIKE WISCONSIN HAVE
REALLY PAID THE PRICE FOR THE
RECKLESS TRADE WARS, BACKWARD
POLICIES, CONSOLIDATION GOING ON
IN AGRICULTURE.
WHETHER YOU LIVE IN A CITY,
INDUSTRIAL AREA OR RURAL AREAS,
WE NEED BETTER LEADERSHIP IN
THIS COUNTRY AND I THINK
COMMUNITIES AROUND WISCONSIN ARE
PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHY WE NEED A
LEADER WHO REALLY GETS WHAT IT'S
LIKE TO BE IN THE MIDDLE CLASS
BECAUSE HE'S FROM THE MIDDLE
CLASS.
YOU KNOW THE CURRENT PRESIDENT,
HE ONLY VIEWS OUR PART OF THE
COUNTRY AS SCENERY WHEN HE'S
GOING BETWEEN GOLF COURSES WITH
HIS NAME ON IT AND IT SHOWS IN
POLICY CHOICES THAT AGAIN AND
AGAIN HAVE PUT AMERICAN WORKERS
AND AMERICAN FARMERS LAST.
WE'VE GOT A A CHANCE TO CHANGE
THAT.
THIS IS OUR ONLY CHANCE TO
CHANGE THAT AND WISCONSIN
COMMUNITIES, WHETHER WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT FARMS OR WHETHER
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE
CHANGE ARE UNIQUELY VULNERABLE
TO THE THREATS OF THIS MOMENT.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A
PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS BEFORE
IT'S TOO LATE.
>> WE HAVE JUST A FEW SECONDS
LEFT, BUT RECENT POLLING HAS
SHOWN PEOPLE ARE EITHER VOTING
FOR TRUMP OR AGAINST TRUMP.
DOES JOE BIDEN NEED TO INSPIRE
VOTERS OR IS HE BETTER OFF JUST
LETTING TRUMP DO ALL OF THE
TALKING?
>> I THINK WE'VE GOT TO DO
BOTH.
LOOK AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED THE
DISASTROUS BEHAVIOR OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND THE TRUMP
WHITE HOUSE SHOULD BE MOTIVATION
ENOUGH.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT WE'RE FOR.
AND I'M NOT JUST AGAINST DONALD
TRUMP I'M FOR THE BIDEN HARRIS
TICKET BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT
WILL BE AN ADMINISTRATION OF
COMPASSION, OF COMPETENCE, OF
INTEGRITY AND THAT SHOULD BE
ENERGIZING FOR THE PARTY AS WE
LOOK AHEAD TO NOVEMBER.
>> MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG THANKS
FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
>> GOOD