‘Morning Joe’: Everyone Loved Yesterday’s Appearance by Mayor Pete Buttigieg

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SCARBOROUGH: "Mika, yesterday something happened here that was pretty interesting. We had mayor Pete on."
BRZEZINSKI: "Oh, my gosh, that was quite an event. Yeah."
SCARBOROUGH: "Mika and I, at least, I don’t know about you, Willie, got more texts, more calls, more e-mails just from randos we haven't talked to since middle school. No, from everybody. This is where I’m at on Facebook, right? No, I don’t want to remember what we did in eighth grade. But we just got inundated with calls by people saying, 'This guy is the real thing. We love mayor Pete.'"
BRZEZINSKI: "I think there is a hunger for somebody who seems and feels and sounds and looks completely real and connected with what we’re looking for. A connection to history, connection to who we are, connection to faith that is honest and up front. 'This is who I am and this is what I’m going to bring to the table.' And he does it and he — you know, we did rapid-fire with him, tried lots of different angles and he was right there for everything. My phone had everything from my Republican sister-in-law to, you know, an extremely far left best friend, and everybody loved him. They kept texting me about him all day."