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Buttigieg Explains Why He Flies Private Despite Climate Action Message: 'This is a Very Big Country'
By Nicholas Ballasy September 5, 2019

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a Democratic presidential candidate, said he flies on private jets despite advocating for action on climate change because the U.S. is a "very big country."

CNN's Chris Cuomo told Buttigieg, "Your second-quarter filing says your campaign spent about $300,000 on private flying. You're going to get the finger shaken at you that you should not be doing that if you're going to be the green guy."

"Look, I'm interested in decarbonizing the fuel that goes into air travel. I also don't believe we're going to abolish air travel. This is a big country and while I absolutely think we can do more to provide alternatives, like trains, I don't think that we're going to solve the question on how to get around the world without air travel. This is the sort of thing that I think we need to look at in a commonsense kind of way," Buttigieg said at CNN's climate town hall on Wednesday.

"And the right loves to sink their teeth into anything we say that makes it seem we’re being unreasonable when actually all we’re saying is there’s got to be a way to make it less carbon-intensive. Sometimes -- I took the subway today. Sometimes I fly because this is a very big country and I’m running to be president of the whole country, but look, you know, it involves meeting voters everywhere," he added.

Buttigieg said the U.S. should do more to provide alternatives to air travel. :thud:

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Still doesn't explain why Buttplug can't fly commercial.
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I guess it's healthy, I guess the air is clean...
I guess those people have fun with their neighbors and friends.
Look at that kitchen and all of that food...
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Still doesn't explain why Buttplug can't fly commercial.

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Still doesn't explain why Buttplug can't fly commercial.

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Oh, we all know "why" he flies private.   Because he's the atypical leftist Democrat "do as I say, not as I do" HYPOCRITE.   (See:  Al Gore and every other Democrat on planet Earth).

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verga wonders:
"Still doesn't explain why Buttplug can't fly commercial."

Commercial is for the little people.

What I'd like to know:
Where's he gettin' the money for all this?

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I can tell you why he flies private - because he can.

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Oh, if only we could decarbonize the fuel. Maybe they'll run on water. Or, since some places are trying to ban vaping, maybe those little flavored nicotine-laden cartridges could be repurposed get Buttgay's Learjet in the air!
« Last Edit: September 06, 2019, 11:48:54 am by mountaineer »

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Oh, we all know "why" he flies private.   Because he's the atypical leftist Democrat "do as I say, not as I do" HYPOCRITE.   (See:  Al Gore and every other Democrat on planet Earth).

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I'm surprised they haven't worked the elimination of the Electoral College into their "climate change" messaging.

I mean they could use the excuse that "Since the country's so big...to reduce having to fly to all these little cities and towns and large states with relatively small populations and add to the pollution of the planet...we need to do away with the Electoral College so all any candidate as to do is travel to 7 or 8 places during an election."
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