Kevin Costner Endorses Pete Buttigieg at Iowa Rally

The Field of Dreams actor returned to Iowa on Sunday to go to bat for Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, pitching the small-town mayor as someone worth listening to in the crowded lineup of White House hopefuls. Taking to the podium prior to Buttigieg's arrival, Costner expressed his support and praised the candidate for being a "man of his moment."

"Whether your road leads you to Pete, like mine has, that’s for you to judge," Costner, a self-described independent, told more than 1,000 people in the high school gymnasium of Indianola, a town of about 16,000 people located south of Des Moines. "When Pete speaks of unity, it’s the kind of unity I’ve been waiting and hoping to hear about."

He continued: "The strength he describes isn't the kind that limits compassion in the name of America. It's a man who not only understands how the world looks at us but how history will and how we ought to look at ourselves. And maybe most importantly I see Pete as a man of his moment and maybe of his time."

Costner, whose 1989 film Field of Dreams offered a mixture of baseball and fantasy amid Iowa cornfields, also noted the status of the state’s caucuses as the first voting in the selection of a Democratic nominee.

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