If you thought that the effort to make Pete Buttigieg into a thing has waned or diminished in light of his tenure as Secretary of Transportation, think again. CBS Sunday Morning leveraged a treacly Father’s Day profile of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and husband Chasten into an infomercial hyping a 2028 presidential run.
Watch the end of the interview, as correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti asks the presidential question, and elicits an emotional response from Buttigieg:
JONATHAN VIGLIOTTI: Is there a world where you see Penelope and Gus living in The White House in 2029?
PETE BUTTIGIEG: I don’t know about that. That’s just not how I’m thinking about even the near future.
VIGLIOTTI: Really?
BUTTIGIEG: No. If anything, having kids that little makes you think more than anything about the really long-term future. Past when I’m even around.
VIGLIOTTI: A…
