米インディアナ州サウスベンド市の市長で、同性愛者としてカミングアウトしており、先日米大統領選への出馬を表明したピート・ブティジェッジ（Pete Buttigieg, 通称『ピート市長』）氏が、夫とともに『TIME』の表紙を飾りました。
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In a field of more than 20 candidates—including six Senators, four Congressmen, two governors and a former Vice President—@pete.buttigieg (pronounced Boot-edge-edge) has vaulted from near total obscurity toward the front of the Democratic pack, running ahead of or even with more established candidates and behind only @joebiden and @berniesanders. The 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Ind. is a gay Episcopalian veteran in a party torn between identity #politics and heartland appeals, writes @charlottealter. He’s also a fresh face in a year when #millennials are poised to become the largest eligible voting bloc. His platform is “Freedom, Security and Democracy,” which wouldn’t sound out of place coming from a Bush-era Republican yet actually harks back to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But in order to maintain his momentum, Buttigieg will have to do more to flesh out those ideas. And he’ll have to make inroads with black and Hispanic voters who have so far appeared unimpressed with his campaign. In many ways, Buttigieg is @realdonaldtrump’s polar opposite: younger, dorkier, shorter, calmer and married to a man (@chasten.buttigieg). His success may depend on whether Democrats want a fighter to match #Trump, or whether Americans want to “change the channel,” as Buttigieg puts it. “People already have a leader who screams and yells,” he says. “How do you think that’s working out for us?” Read more at the link in bio. Photograph by @ryanpfluger for TIME
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TIMEがつけたコピーがファーストレイディでもファーストハズバンドでもない「ファースト・ファミリー」だってところが面白いよね。あと、トランプがあんなに載りたがって捏造表紙まで作っていたTIMEの表紙に、民主党のゲイの大統領候補が載ってるっていうところも痛快。ただ、「結局また白人男性かよ……」とも思わんでもないので、上記Instagramポストのキャプションでも指摘されている、ピート市長が今後どれだけ非白人有権者の支持を得られるのかという点が気になるところです。どうなるんだろう、2020年。
