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Buttigieg Delivers DNC Speech from Site of Wedding Reception: ‘The Very Ring on My Finger Reflects How This Country Can Change’ (WATCH)

August 21, 2020 by John Wright Leave a Comment

Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay presidential candidate to earn delegates in a major party, focused heavily on LGBT rights in a speech during the final night of the Democratic National Convention.

With a prime speaking spot in the convention’s final hour, Buttigieg addressed the audience from Lang Lab, an arts and co-working space in his hometown of South Bend, Indiana, where he and his husband, Chasten, held their wedding reception in 2018.

At one point, Buttigieg flashed his wedding band, saying that while America has often fallen short of its “promise of a place where everyone can belong,” the nation is “at its best whenever we make that circle of belonging wider.”

"The day I was born, the idea of an 'out' candidate seeking any federal office at all was laughable. Yet earlier this year, I campaigned for the presidency, often with my husband Chasten at my side – winning delegates to this very convention."
– @PeteButtigieg #DemConvention pic.twitter.com/fojSuYjKVK

— 2020 #DemConvention 🇺🇸 (@DemConvention) August 21, 2020

“The very ring on my finger — a wedding we celebrated right where I’m standing — reflects how this country can change,” Buttigieg said. “Love makes my marriage real, but political courage made it possible — including that of Joe Biden, who stepped out ahead of even this party when he said that marriage equality should be the law of the land.”

Buttigieg said the issue is “personal” for him in part because when he joined the military, the “don’t ask, don’t tell” ban on openly gay service members was still in effect.

“Now in 2020, it is unlawful in America to fire anyone because of who they are or who they love,” he said. “If so much can change between 2010 and 2020, imagine what 2030 could look like.”

“I trust Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to guide this nation toward that better future, because I have seen their commitment, and their empathy, up close. And I trust the capacity of America to grow more inclusive, because I have lived it,” Buttigieg said. “The day I was born, close to where I’m standing, here in South Bend, the idea of an ‘out’ candidate seeking any federal office at all was laughable. Yet earlier this year I campaigned for the presidency, often with my husband at my side, winning delegates to this very convention.”

More from Twitter below.

About to go live from South Bend! pic.twitter.com/Wyddpreb8e

— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) August 21, 2020

Pete Buttigieg's speech might have been the most forward-looking of the week so far that didn't dwell on Trump. And it fits, given that Biden has said Pete reminds him of Beau, whom Biden always saw as his political heir.

— Henry J. Gomez (@HenryJGomez) August 21, 2020

This Buttigieg speech is very smart, tying the arc of his biography and LGBT rights to directly combat cynicism that a Biden presidency could achieve anything after the last 10 years of gridlock on just about everything else.

— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) August 21, 2020

I wrote about @PeteButtigieg's historic run, his inspiring speech, and why America's diversity is our strength, not our weakness. Here's my #DemConvention reaction. Now let's get to work to defeat Donald Trump and elect Joe Biden our next president! https://t.co/CfgXthdWtO

— Skylar Baker-Jordan (@SkylarJordan) August 21, 2020

Filed Under: Featured, towleroad Tagged With: Democratic National Convention, DNC, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg

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