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'''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 Black police chief.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/us/politics/buttigieg-black-police-chief-fired.html</ref> The Comey/Obama [[FBI]] was investigating the city's first [[Black]] police chief for allegedly illegal wiretapping. No federal or state charges were ever filed against the chief. 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.<ref>https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/politics/buttigieg-record-with-black-south-bend-residents-under-spotlight-he/article_802c5c8b-80e0-507e-aa6c-684c46db9b87.html</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 Black police chief.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/us/politics/buttigieg-black-police-chief-fired.html</ref> The Comey/Obama [[FBI]] was investigating the city's first [[Black]] police chief for allegedly illegal wiretapping. No federal or state charges were ever filed against the chief. 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.<ref>https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/politics/buttigieg-record-with-black-south-bend-residents-under-spotlight-he/article_802c5c8b-80e0-507e-aa6c-684c46db9b87.html</ref>

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>.  

 

His campaign has reportedly slandered his conservative and Christian brother-in-law,<ref>Multiple references:

*Spiering, Charlie (May 30, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/30/brother-says-chasten-buttigieg-smearing-family-anti-gay/ Brother Says Chasten Buttigieg Is Smearing Their Family as Anti-Gay]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 30, 2019.

*Spiering, Charlie (May 30, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/30/brother-says-chasten-buttigieg-smearing-family-anti-gay/ Brother Says Chasten Buttigieg Is Smearing Their Family as Anti-Gay]. ''Breitbart 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.

*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> and has attacked Black churches for [[homophobia]].

Pete Buttigieg has been referred to as the American [[Justin Trudeau]].<ref>https://twitter.com/V_actually/status/1138072878178611200/photo/1</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> 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==