Pete Buttigieg becomes America’s first out Cabinet member confirmed by the Senate
Related: Pete Buttigieg asked Hillary Clinton for advice about being a Cabinet memberWith this appointment and confirmation, Buttigieg caps off a historic, meteoric-like political rise.He went from being the mayor of the small town of South Bend, Indiana at the end of 2019 to become the first out Democratic presidential candidate that spring, followed by becoming the first to ever win a major party’s state primary or delegates in January 2020, momentarily making him one of the top contenders before he dropped out in March.
Instead, he became one of the top surrogates for Joe Biden’s eventually successful campaign.“Part of what’s going to matter is for us to not only to win back the White House but other offices,” Buttigieg told LGBTQ Nation.
