Buttigieg: ‘You Can’t Argue’ With Biden’s ‘Extraordinary Accomplishments’

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg praised President Joe Biden for what he believes are “extraordinary accomplishments.”

During an appearance on “CNN Sunday,” host Jake Tapper noted Biden will be 81 years old on Election Day in 2024.

“Republicans such as Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley are already seeming to make a generational argument,” Tapper explained.

He pointed out Buttigieg “made a similar generational argument when you were running against 👤Joe Biden for president yourself.”

Tapper asked Buttigieg, “Are you worried that it could work in 2024?”

He replied, “Generational arguments can be powerful. As you said, I’ve used them myself. The most powerful argument of all is results. You can’t argue – at least I would say you can’t argue – with a straight face that it isn’t a good thing that we have had 12 million jobs created under this president.”

Buttigieg went on to suggest “when you look at what America was up against when President Biden took office and what has been delivered, again, just in these first two years of his administration, let alone what’s possible as we actually start entering more and more, for example, of the construction phase on the infrastructure law, I think those results are going to continue to accumulate.”

Acknowledging “people will toss whatever argument they can,” Buttigieg told Tapper, “At the end of the day, you can’t argue with the extraordinary accomplishments, more than almost any other modern president that President Biden achieved, again, under the toughest of circumstances.”