Buttigieg answers question from reporter in Norwegian

[left-of-center2012]

Prospective 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg (D) was seen on video answering a question from a Norwegian reporter in the country's language.

Speaking to reporters after an event in Columbia, S.C., the South Bend, Ind., mayor was recorded on video by a Washington Post reporter addressing a reporter in Norwegian.

The mayor, who earlier this year announced an exploratory committee for president, reportedly speaks seven languages in addition to English: French, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian, Arabic, Maltese and Dari.

The exchange comes days after "Winners Take All" author Anand Giridharadas wrote on Twitter that Buttigieg had taken him and his Norwegian friend by surprise at a campaign event by speaking to his friend in fluent Norwegian, explaining that he learned the language in order to read books by a Norwegian author.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/435452-buttigieg-answers-question-from-reporter-in-norwegian

[Autumn]

1. OMG that is too awesome!

This guy. Wow.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. Mayor Pete has to be the smartest of the declared candidates...no surprise he's a Rhodes scholar.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[mr_lebowski]

4. Is he? Like Big Dog? I did not know that! That's very cool ... (nt)

[Autumn]

5. He does remind me of the Big Dog, he was the type of person who when asked about anything

could go into exquisite detail on any subject and not get flustered. Pete seems to have that talent.

[EveHammond13]

10. love how the media prefers the "clown car" metaphor instead of "deep bench" when talking Dems.

make no mistake we're fighting the GOP and the MSM

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Slick. That's the word I would use to describe the attribute.

He's slick, but in the suave, urbane kind of way. Not in the way of a two bit con man, our current president way.

[KPN]

16. That's a poor word to describe him with

if for no other reason than the “slick Willy” name given to Bill Clinton by an Arkansas journalist and perpetuated by the media and GOP.

[littlemissmartypants]

19. You say that like it's a bad thing. nt

[mr_lebowski]

20. It's ... debatable. I don't think it's a 'bad word' in terms of accuracy/descriptiveness ...

But it can be 'turned into' a negative.

It's kinda like 'Stud'. Or 'Suave' ... it's not inherently negative ... but it can be turned into something 'bad-sounding'.

To me, perhaps 'professional' would be my optimal description for what I see out of the man so far. He's got it together.

I feel like his values are ingrained in 'who he is', which allows him to speak pretty effortlessly, and like you're unlikely to catch him with 'gotchas', i.e. things he hasn't thought about and come up with a personal opinion/position about, which he can espouse readily.

This is a very, very good quality to have as a politician.

I don't wanna go overboard esp. not this early but I'm a getting a 'special' kind of vibe from this guy.

Which is I suppose another word that can be taken in two different ways, but ... you know what I mean.

[KPN]

24. I do -- not because if Bill Clinton but because

how the GOP and r******ers would use it. We don’t need to help them out with derogatory messaging.

[patricia92243]

14. Others compare him to Obama, but I have always thought he is more like Clinton.

That ability to cut through the red-tape and make things understandable is a real gift they both share.

[Maru Kitteh]

17. Agree. BC was relatable- average guy in a good way

Mayor Pete has that

[mr_lebowski]

21. Bill and Obama both had that I thought ...

Obama is, in a lot of ways, kinda a more 'personally moral' version of Big Dog. Politically, they have a LOT of the same talents, I think.

Mayor Pete is not someone I could say is more like one than the other, but rather another person who I'm sensing has their shared talent, while still being very much his own man.

[Maru Kitteh]

22. I see Obama as an "Average Guy" for those with a college education

Bill had that, plus that kind of "guy at the bar-b-que" vibe that carried the less well-educated. No president is perfect, but we are all better off for having had each of them in office.

I totally agree that Mayor Pete is his own person while displaying talents similar to Big Dog and Obama. Mayor Pete has the potential to be a transformative, reprative leader. In hoping the best for him, I believe we are hoping the best for us all.

He's been amazing.

[mr_lebowski]

23. Agree, and I'm down with Kamala and Pete, in either combination, in fact I love that ticket (nt)

[dewsgirl]

2. WOW.

[crazytown]

6. Remember when Trump wanted more people from Norway?

Maybe they will come if the President speaks Norwegian

[OnDoutside]

7. Hahahaha, yes !

[backtoblue]

8. Very cool!

An intelligent, caring, and well spoken candidate.

[EveHammond13]

9. and it's clear trump can't even understand questions from press speaking English w/an accent

GOD HELP US so sick of this abusive cretin.

[LudwigPastorius]

11. PROOF that he's a godless commie soshulist!

[zentrum]

13. Brilliant.

Wish the country was up to him.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

15. Wow!

I’m seeing some amazing facts about him!

[DoctorJoJo]

18. He Was Elected Mayor of South Bend at 29 with 74% of the Vote, ....

.... then reelected with over 80%. You can't get 80% to vote for ice cream (I'm a "yes" on that). South Bend is my home town, and our two High Schools, on either side of Notre Dame, were major rivals. I hope someone considers him as a VP candidate, because his future is unlimited!