Buttigieg welcomes GOP investigations

[brooklynite]

Axios

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has a simple message for Republican investigators lining up to grill him on climate change and electric vehicles: Bring it on.

Why it matters: The anticipated GOP hearings next year will give the former South Bend mayor the very thing he needs — attention — to raise his profile in a crowded Democratic field in 2024 if President Biden decides not to run.

Buttigieg is the rare Democrat who not only agrees to appear on conservative media like Fox News, but actually seems to enjoy it. The hearings will give him another platform he's eager to use.

"I'm absolutely ready to take our case to the Hill," Buttigieg told a small group of reporters, previewing his hearing strategy.

[Walleye]

1. That is the correct response to all of these investigations, most of our people are honest

And Mayor Pete can really make a good case to anybody with logic and reason

[Turbineguy]

2. Buttigieg will run circles around these "investigators"

[Maine Abu El Banat]

3. Bring it on!

Pete is brilliant, I would love to see him make Gym Jordon look like an idiot. Wait! Jordon always looks like an idiot.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

4. First, Joe Biden is going to run--so stop that nonsense.

Second, Pete Buttigieg would eat them alive.

He has great promise and raising his visibility can only do him and the Democratic Party good.

Pushing his candidacy in 2024--at this juncture--is not going to help his favorability with people (such as myself) who already consider Buttigieg our brightest star for the future.