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Line 1: − + − − In April of 2019, ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote about Buttigieg and South Bend, Indiana: − {{Cquote|...Buttigieg’s focus on downtown has been criticized for coming at the expense of other neighborhoods. More than a quarter of the population still lives at or below the poverty line, well above the national average of 14%. Crime is also high. There were 15 murders, 93 rapes and 345 robberies per 100,000 in South Bend in 2017, compared to six, 52 and 339 per 100,000 in 2010, according to City-Data.com.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/17/pete-buttigieg-2020-run-south-bend-poverty-crime Does everyone really love Mayor Pete? His home town has some answers], The Guardian, April 2019</ref>}} Line 9:
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[[File:Mr. and Mr. Buttigieg.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Mr. & Mr. Pete Buttigieg.]]
[[File:Mr. and Mr. Buttigieg.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Mr. & Mr. Pete Buttigieg.]]
'''Peter (Paul Montgomery) Buttigieg ''' (pron. ''Peter Boota-judge''<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=242106 Buttigieg, Pete]</ref>) was born January 19, 1982, and is the mayor of South Bend, [[Indiana]].<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/us/pete-buttigieg-fast-facts/index.html] Pete Buttigieg Fast Facts</ref> According to ''[[The New York Times]]'' one of Buttigieg's first actions as mayor was to fire the town's black police chief.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/us/politics/buttigieg-black-police-chief-fired.html</ref> He has been referred to as the American [[Justin Trudeau]].<ref>https://twitter.com/V_actually/status/1138072878178611200/photo/1</ref>
'''Peter (Paul Montgomery) Buttigieg ''' (pron. ''Peter Boota-judge''<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=242106 Buttigieg, Pete]</ref>) was born January 19, 1982, and is the mayor of South Bend, [[Indiana]].<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/us/pete-buttigieg-fast-facts/index.html] Pete Buttigieg Fast Facts</ref> According to ''[[The New York Times]]'' one of Buttigieg's first actions as mayor was to fire and demote the city's first Black police chief.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/us/politics/buttigieg-black-police-chief-fired.html</ref> The [[FBI]] was investigating the chief for allegedly illegal wiretapping. Buttigieg told [[CNN]], "This wasn’t about the nuances of the Wiretap Act, this was about whether people could trust their police department.” Upon firing, the former chief sued Buttigieg for [[racial]] [[discrimination]] and [[civil rights]] violations,<ref>https://www.law360.com/cases/51a8de786f823f7110000001</ref> costing the city in excess of $2 million.
Buttigieg's father, a [[communist]], joined Notre Dame's faculty as a professor of modern European literature and literary theory in 1980.<ref>Larsen, Emily; Simonson, Joseph (April 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pete-buttigiegs-father-was-a-marxist-professor-who-lauded-the-communist-manifesto Pete Buttigieg's father was a Marxist professor who lauded the Communist Manifesto]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 2, 2019.</ref> Buttigieg announced his candidacy for the [[Democratic party]] nomination in the [[2020 Presidential election]] on April 14, 2019.<ref>Moran, Sean (April 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/14/pete-buttigieg-announces-2020-democrat-presidential-campaign/ Pete Buttigieg Announces 2020 Democrat Presidential Campaign]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 14, 2019.</ref>. Buttigieg believes that the U.S. was "never as great as advertised."<ref>Rambaran, Vandana (May 7, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-trump-america-great-never-advertised Buttigieg says American past Trump wants to return to 'never as great as advertised']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 7, 2019.</ref> His campaign has reportedly slandered his conservative and Christian brother-in-law for political gain.<ref>Multiple references:
Buttigieg's father, a [[communist]], joined Notre Dame's faculty as a professor of modern European literature and literary theory in 1980.<ref>Larsen, Emily; Simonson, Joseph (April 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pete-buttigiegs-father-was-a-marxist-professor-who-lauded-the-communist-manifesto Pete Buttigieg's father was a Marxist professor who lauded the Communist Manifesto]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 2, 2019.</ref> Buttigieg announced his candidacy for the [[Democratic party]] nomination in the [[2020 Presidential election]] on April 14, 2019.<ref>Moran, Sean (April 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/14/pete-buttigieg-announces-2020-democrat-presidential-campaign/ Pete Buttigieg Announces 2020 Democrat Presidential Campaign]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 14, 2019.</ref>. Buttigieg believes that the U.S. was "never as great as advertised."<ref>Rambaran, Vandana (May 7, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-trump-america-great-never-advertised Buttigieg says American past Trump wants to return to 'never as great as advertised']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 7, 2019.</ref> His campaign has reportedly slandered his conservative and Christian brother-in-law for political gain.<ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (May 30, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-brother-in-law-rips-candidate-accuses-campaign-of-misrepresenting-familys-past Buttigieg brother-in-law rips candidate, accuses campaign of misrepresenting family's past]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
*Shaw, Adam (May 30, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-brother-in-law-rips-candidate-accuses-campaign-of-misrepresenting-familys-past Buttigieg brother-in-law rips candidate, accuses campaign of misrepresenting family's past]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
*Crilly, Rob (May 30, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pete-buttigieg-brother-in-law-accuses-2020-candidate-of-lying-about-his-family-for-political-gain Buttigieg brother-in-law accuses 2020 candidate of lying about his family for political gain]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 30, 2019.</ref>
*Crilly, Rob (May 30, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pete-buttigieg-brother-in-law-accuses-2020-candidate-of-lying-about-his-family-for-political-gain Buttigieg brother-in-law accuses 2020 candidate of lying about his family for political gain]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 30, 2019.</ref>
Pete Buttigieg has been referred to as the American [[Justin Trudeau]].<ref>https://twitter.com/V_actually/status/1138072878178611200/photo/1</ref>
==Background and career==
==Background and career==
As mayor he received praise from the ''Washington Post'' (which focused on him being a mayor who while serving six-month deployment to Afghanistan as a naval reservist), for his plan on dealing with 1,000 vacant lots and abandoned buildings in 1,000 days. However, he also faced much criticism for handling a scandal (which developed shortly after his election) regarding illegal recordings by the police department of allegedly racist statements by certain officers against the black police chief, and which ended up involving the FBI. This resulted in an ongoing legal fight that has been the longest-running and most expensive one the city history, costing taxpayers more than $2 million thus far. South Bend had a murder rate in 2015 that ranked it the 29th-worst among the 300 American cities with 100,000 people or more.
As mayor he received praise from the ''Washington Post'' (which focused on him being a mayor who while serving six-month deployment to Afghanistan as a naval reservist), for his plan on dealing with 1,000 vacant lots and abandoned buildings in 1,000 days. However, he also faced much criticism for handling a scandal (which developed shortly after his election) regarding illegal recordings by the police department of allegedly racist statements by certain officers against the black police chief, and which ended up involving the FBI. This resulted in an ongoing legal fight that has been the longest-running and most expensive one the city history, costing taxpayers more than $2 million thus far. South Bend had a murder rate in 2015 that ranked it the 29th-worst among the 300 American cities with 100,000 people or more.
In April of 2019, ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote about Buttigieg and South Bend, Indiana:
{{Cquote|...Buttigieg’s focus on downtown has been criticized for coming at the expense of other neighborhoods. More than a quarter of the population still lives at or below the poverty line, well above the national average of 14%. Crime is also high. There were 15 murders, 93 rapes and 345 robberies per 100,000 in South Bend in 2017, compared to six, 52 and 339 per 100,000 in 2010, according to City-Data.com.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/17/pete-buttigieg-2020-run-south-bend-poverty-crime Does everyone really love Mayor Pete? His home town has some answers], The Guardian, April 2019</ref>}}
Buttigieg endorsed Clinton late in the primary in 2016, and after Trump's election, Buttigieg announced he would run for chairman of the Democratic National Committee, running against [[Keith Ellison]] and [[Tom Perez]] but was defeated because he's [[white]].
Buttigieg endorsed Clinton late in the primary in 2016, and after Trump's election, Buttigieg announced he would run for chairman of the Democratic National Committee, running against [[Keith Ellison]] and [[Tom Perez]] but was defeated because he's [[white]].