| | '''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> | | '''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> When confronted by [[Black Lives Matter]] protesters, Buttigieg read from a prepared script saying, "I'm not asking for your vote." | + | 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> When confronted by [[Black Lives Matter]] protesters, Buttigieg read from a prepared script saying, "I'm not asking for your vote."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjT5MlOoUUI&feature=youtu.be</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/ZhlJntrzrD8</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> His campaign has reportedly slandered his conservative and Christian brother-in-law,<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: |