11:12 p.m. ET, February 24, 2020
Buttigieg on three things the American people don’t already know about him
From CNN's Kate Sullivan
Pete Buttigieg was asked to tell the town hall audience three things the American people don’t already know about him.
“That's a hard one, just because I feel like when you run for president, somebody once called it an MRI of the soul. By the end of it, or frankly by the middle of it, you feel like people have gotten to know just about everything about you,” Buttigieg said.
“I’ll mention one,” Buttigieg continued.
“People keep asking me why I'm not more outwardly emotional, and one of the things I think people don't know about me is how passionate I am.”
“It’s probably why I’ve learned to deal with things in a way that tries to be as calm as possible, because I feel so passionate about things I see going on around the world and things I see happening right around me,” he continued.
The former mayor said the American people probably “don't know as much about the things I'm bad at because you don't advertise those, although I think people are beginning to learn I can't dance.”
“I just can’t,” Buttigieg said. “Exactly. Somebody saw me doing the — I won’t even do it, the raise the roof thing,” he joked, raising his hands above his head for a moment.
He said his favorite food is beef jerky, and said he is “pretty well-behaved” when asked by CNN's Don Lemon if he eats in the middle of the night.
Hear Buttigieg’s answer: