On Saturday night, as he saw what momentum he had left fade in the wake of Senator Bernie Sanders’ big win in the Nevada caucuses, Pete Buttigieg again tried to channel former President Barack Obama in an attempt to stay relevant in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. But this time, Buttigieg’s effort to channel Obama went so far as to crib the structure of his appeal from a speech Obama gave the night before his 2008 election.
Here’s Buttigieg’s version as he wrote on Twitter: “If we can light up a high school gym—we can light a neighborhood. If we can light up a neighborhood—we can light a city. If we can light up a city—we can light up our country. If we can light up our country—we can make this nation we love shine once more as a beacon to the world.”
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