FOX 11’s Town Hall with Pete Buttigieg

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg took questions on some of the biggest issues of the 2020 election race during an exclusive town hall hosted by FOX 11 at the University of Southern California on Thursday.Check out our behind-the-scenes conversation around the town hall event with FOX 11's Digital Producer Oscar Flores, Managing Editor Pete Wilgoren, and The Issue Is Producer Nick Greitzer:

Students react to Pete Buttigieg town hall at USC

Nearly every seat was filled, USC students and members of the community packed the Brovard Auditorium for the FOX 11 town hall featuring Democratic Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg.

FOX 11 to host exclusive town hall with Democratic Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg will be in Los Angeles Thursday, February 20th for FOX 11's Town Hall.  The event will be hosted on the campus of USC in the Bovard Auditorium at 12 p.m., and it will be moderated by FOX 11’s Elex Michaelson.If you’re unable to attend, FOX 11 will provide a live stream of the event right here on foxla.com or on the FOX 11 News App (download for iOS or Android). The town hall will also broadcast on FOX 11 at 6 p.m. right after FOX 11 News at 5. 

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