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Video : Pete Buttigieg, soaring in popularity, but… how to pronounce his Maltese origin surname …

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epa05813186 DNC chair candidate and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, speaks during the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Winter Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 24 February 2017. The three-day meeting includes the election of a new DNC chairperson. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER

Maltese-American presidential aspirant Pete Buttigieg is stealing US airwaves with his bid for the Democratic nomination for president.

Buttigieg, 37, is the son of the late Prof. Joseph A. Buttigieg, a Maltese lecturer at the University of Notre Dame.

Buttigieg, a Navy veteran and Rhodes scholar, is considered to the dark horse of the Democratic race, but voters’ struggle with pronouncing his name is also propelling him to greater attention.

 

 

Via MaltaToday / The Daily Show 

Topics Election WatchMaltaPete ButtigiegUSA