Buttigieg Launches Radio Announcements for Rural Iowa

Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign has published two radio ads aimed at rural voters in Iowa.

The ads, obtained by POLITICO, will begin airing on Tuesday, in anticipation of Buttigieg's next visit to Iowa on Wednesday.

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The radio announcements of President Donald Trump are too focused on the stock market and not enough on rural America. In an announcement called "Fabric," Buttigieg says, "If you listen to President Trump, you will think that the only thing that matters to our economy is whether the stock market has had a good day or a bad day. is his priority. "

The mayor of South Bend, in Indiana, then reacted to the recent decline in farm income, rural hospital shortages and mental health and opioid problems before saying: "This reckless trade war tears the very fabric of rural America – could soften blows temporarily, they can not repair the permanent damage done to family farms."

In the second advertisement, "The Trail," Buttigieg highlights his recently released plan for rural America.

"This month, I've released my plan to raise rural America – the small towns and farming communities that surround places like my hometown in South Bend, but that never seems to attract much attention from the people of Washington, "Buttigieg said.

Buttigieg also highlights his plan for veterans in advertising.

"As a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, I saw first-hand the sacrifice made by the people in uniform (…) and I noticed how many of them had come from." 39 places that look much more like South Bend than the big coastal cities, "said Buttigieg. . "This is one of the reasons the Buttigieg Plan will expand opportunities for veterans: it will provide those who have been trained for two weeks on what to do to start a small business …" a $ 10,000 grant to turn a good idea into a successful business. "