Waverly, Charles City & Mason City Iowa Town Halls - Pete Buttigieg - Nov 3, 2019

The Pete For America campaign is doing a tour of Iowa with press on the bus. Today iincludes stops for three town halls—Waverly, Charles City, and Mason City. All three are in rural areas that flipped from Obama to Trump in 2016.

WAVERLY - “A school official from Waverly-Shell Rock High School confirms to me via email that there are 568 people at this @PeteButtigieg town hall. It is packed in here. #iacaucus”

FULL VIDEO OF WAVERLY (on facebook)

TWEETED VIDEOS FROM HIS SPEECH

Pete’s entrance - standing ovation

.@PeteButtigieg takes the stage in Waverly, Iowa. #iacaucus pic.twitter.com/Pqwm77uYMs
— Barbara Rodriguez (@bcrodriguez) November 3, 2019

YESTERDAY: Pete Buttigieg holds a meet and greet in Waverly, Iowa. pic.twitter.com/Eu8dOVsdwy
— The Hill (@thehill) November 4, 2019

In Waverly, @PeteButtigieg asked a key question for many Democratic caucus-goers: how are you going to face off with Donald Trump on a debate stage and in the campaign? pic.twitter.com/ggBnlPTuA7
— Iowa Starting Line (@IAStartingLine) November 3, 2019

We are going to destroy Trump. https://t.co/P2YgERaZcd
— Hari Sevugan (@HariSevugan) November 3, 2019

So good. https://t.co/TF9OxXxPB5
— Gardeners for Pete Buttigieg (@Gardeners4Pete) November 3, 2019

Pete has been pitching himself as a healer, United, capable of marshaling the country after Trump. Shades of Booker and of course, Obama. pic.twitter.com/Uq0kwcEIYX
— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) November 3, 2019

What the scene in Waverly looks like for @PeteButtigieg. More people crammed in the hallways to get a look pic.twitter.com/TaLfEoTa3U
— Iowa Starting Line (@IAStartingLine) November 3, 2019

PHOTOS

Waverly is a good distance from large cities like Minneappolis, Milwaukee, Des Moines, and Cedar Rapids. It’s smaller than Waterloo.

Photo posted by Jonathan Miller

TWEETS

I got photos of @MN4Pete meeting @PeteButtigieg on the rope line! pic.twitter.com/ioe4NwIdFO
— Lis Smith (@Lis_Smith) November 4, 2019

I’ve always appreciated the campaigns that let their field organizers speak and introduce themselves before local events. Quite a few candidates doing it this cycle pic.twitter.com/RP5OX5sanD
— Pat Rynard (@patrynard) November 4, 2019

An 11-year-old just asked @PeteButtigieg a tax policy question here at the Elk Lodge in Charles City. "The future is bright," the mayor joked.
— Adam Wren (@adamwren) November 3, 2019

"Be sure to be nice to them."

.@PeteButtigieg, speaking of the press covering him, to an audience in Waverly, IA.
— Adam Wren (@adamwren) November 3, 2019

Sizable crowd for Pete Buttigieg here in Decorah, Iowa, a city and a county that voted for Donald Trump in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. pic.twitter.com/pv5aWg2BUF
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 3, 2019

Responding to a question about rebuilding relationships with foreign powers Buttigieg said, “I’m not sure it’s fully understood how much America lost when we lost our bond and the relationship with the Kurds.”
— Priscilla Thompson (@PriscillaWT) November 3, 2019

Pete Buttigieg on Trump’s bravado: “The loud mouth at the end of the bar isn’t exactly who you would turn to when the chips are down.”
— Bill Ruthhart (@BillRuthhart) November 3, 2019

Huge crowd for Mayor Pete town hall in rural Waverly. pic.twitter.com/7bUqTqC81l
— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) November 3, 2019

Click on this photo. Just do it:)

This is the group of Iowans waiting to see @PeteButtigieg on a Sunday morning 15 minutes after doors opened in Waverly (population: 9,800).

Join this winning team, or ask your friend to join -> https://t.co/Fo8eF19mfV pic.twitter.com/c62HIGqrnX
— Kevin Groh (@kgrohh) November 3, 2019

Waverly has SHOWED UP to see @PeteButtigieg! #IACaucus #TeamPete pic.twitter.com/BL09xAvYPI
— Jonathan Miller (@jmiller818) November 3, 2019

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— Clay Masters (@Clay_Masters) November 3, 2019

What the room and the line still coming in looks like for @PeteButtigieg in Waverly, pop: 10,100 pic.twitter.com/e4gMZsoGR2
— Iowa Starting Line (@IAStartingLine) November 3, 2019

A school official from Waverly-Shell Rock High School confirms to me via email that there are 568 people at this @PeteButtigieg town hall. It is packed in here. #iacaucus pic.twitter.com/ydYddcCJrv
— Barbara Rodriguez (@bcrodriguez) November 3, 2019

CHARLES CITY

FULL VIDEO OF CHARLES CITY STUMP SPEECH

PHOTOS & TWEETS

An example of the feel-good unity Buttigieg is offering Iowans:

"I don't think the world is broken up in good and bad people, and I definitely don't think how you vote makes you a bad person or a good person," he says

Tells audience to call relatives and talk abt non politics
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) November 3, 2019

An 11-year-old just asked @PeteButtigieg a tax policy question here at the Elk Lodge in Charles City. "The future is bright," the mayor joked.
— Adam Wren (@adamwren) November 3, 2019

When I speak to Democrats at these events, especially older people, who are nervous about how Buttigieg's sexual orientation will affect electability, they almost always reference evangelicals or the religious right.

Do they not know evangelicals already are most solid GOP bloc?
— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) November 3, 2019

Packed house at the Elks Lodge for Buttigieg. Charles City population is under 8,000. pic.twitter.com/UznJXv4jHk
— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) November 3, 2019

Greetings from Charles City, where the atmosphere is electric here at the Elk’s Lodge! The place is bursting at the seams with hundreds of Iowans fired up to meet @PeteButtigieg. #TeamPete 🚌🚌🚌 pic.twitter.com/WnVBnpM9NM
— BOO👻-EDGE-EDGE 4 President (@BrendanMcP) November 3, 2019

"You cannot love our country if you hate half the people in it,"@petebuttigieg tells those gathered at an Elk Lodge in Charles City, situated in Floyd County, which flipped from Obama to Trump in 2016.
— Adam Wren (@adamwren) November 3, 2019

Greeted by enthusiastic applause, @PeteButtigieg talks up infrastructure, healthcare and public education in Charles City, IA. #IACaucus #GetOnTheBus pic.twitter.com/GE4P6byE1L
— Nina Smith (@ninasophia81) November 3, 2019

Quite a crowd for @PeteButtigieg on a cold rainy Saturday in Charles City, Iowa pic.twitter.com/dSTgN2OIUt
— Lis Smith (@Lis_Smith) November 3, 2019

We’ve got overflow standing room only at the Charles City event this afternoon! We’re ready for @PeteButtigieg!!! #pete2020 #PeteForAmerica @Ia4Pete pic.twitter.com/0kmRvx4WMl
— 🦃 MN for Pete Buttigieg🐝 (@MN4Pete) November 3, 2019

MASON CITY

Pete’s third town hall of the day was in Mason City.

Crowd estimate was 500 people, per campaign. A state senator in Mason City said it was the largest crowd she’s seen in the city so far. https://t.co/SstR42UezQ
— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) November 4, 2019

One hell of a turnout in Mason City tonight for ⁦@PeteButtigieg⁩! #TeamPete 🚌🇺🇸❤️ pic.twitter.com/7DfsYK4j8J
— BOO👻-EDGE-EDGE 4 President (@BrendanMcP) November 4, 2019

Packed house tonight for @PeteButtigieg in Mason City, IA. This is the reddest part of the state - IA’s 4th Congressional District & Steve King country. And Mayor Pete is drawing BIG crowds!! There’s definitely something happening in Iowa and it’s BEAUTIFUL! #TeamPete #IACaucus pic.twitter.com/XbmqNtA89c
— Ryan Arndorfer (@ryanarndorfer) November 4, 2019

Pete Buttigieg and his comms director, Lis Smith, greet fans in Mason City, IA. pic.twitter.com/2UgUZ9zRj4
— DJ Judd (@DJJudd) November 4, 2019

Iowans waited in the rain in Mason City for Pete Buttigieg’s Town Hall (and for Buttigieg-branded merch from the “Pete Mobile”) pic.twitter.com/WfqSngiDEZ
— DJ Judd (@DJJudd) November 4, 2019

Some folks hung on to the @PeteButtigieg county signs from the LJ Dinner (Hancock County is just west of Mason City) pic.twitter.com/Z1yDFuUI4Y
— Iowa Starting Line (@IAStartingLine) November 4, 2019

The Sunday evening crowd awaiting @PeteButtigieg in Mason City pic.twitter.com/JciUWMcjLR
— Iowa Starting Line (@IAStartingLine) November 4, 2019

😍😍😍😍😍 https://t.co/2ej6vY204R
— knitters4Pete (formerly WeWantPete) (@knitters4pete) November 4, 2019