| | '''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]] since 2012.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/us/pete-buttigieg-fast-facts/index.html] Pete Buttigieg Fast Facts</ref> According to FBI crime statistics, violent crime has risen year after year since Buttigieg's election. As mayor, Buttigieg oversees South Bend's systemic racism. | | '''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]] since 2012.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/us/pete-buttigieg-fast-facts/index.html] Pete Buttigieg Fast Facts</ref> According to FBI crime statistics, violent crime has risen year after year since Buttigieg's election. As mayor, Buttigieg oversees South Bend's systemic racism. |
| − | According to ''[[The New York Times]]'' one of Buttigieg's first actions as mayor was to fire and demote the city's popular Black police chief.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/us/politics/buttigieg-black-police-chief-fired.html</ref> The Obama [[FBI]] under its disgraced director [[James Comey]] 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> He was caught faking black support in South Carolina.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (November 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/11/17/mayor-pete-buttigieg-under-fire-for-exaggerating-black-support/ Mayor Pete Buttigieg Under Fire for Exaggerating Black Support]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 17, 2019.</ref><ref>Pearce, Tim (November 17, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/it-was-alarming-black-leaders-claim-buttigieg-misled-voters-about-douglass-plan-for-black-america 'It was alarming': Black leaders claim Buttigieg misled voters about the 'Douglass Plan for Black America']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 17, 2019.</ref> | + | According to ''[[The New York Times]]'' one of Buttigieg's first actions as mayor was to fire and demote the city's popular Black police chief.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/us/politics/buttigieg-black-police-chief-fired.html</ref> The Obama [[FBI]] under its disgraced director [[James Comey]] 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> He was caught faking black support in South Carolina.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (November 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/11/17/mayor-pete-buttigieg-under-fire-for-exaggerating-black-support/ Mayor Pete Buttigieg Under Fire for Exaggerating Black Support]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 17, 2019.</ref><ref>Pearce, Tim (November 17, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/it-was-alarming-black-leaders-claim-buttigieg-misled-voters-about-douglass-plan-for-black-america 'It was alarming': Black leaders claim Buttigieg misled voters about the 'Douglass Plan for Black America']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 17, 2019.</ref><ref>Steinhauser, Paul; Shaw, Adam (November 18, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-websites-on-black-america-plans-used-several-stock-photos-of-minorities Buttigieg websites on ‘Black America’ plans used stock photos of minorities]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 18, 2019.</ref> |
| | Hours after hosting a town hall meeting which interrupted his campaign schedule to address police violence toward the black community, six shootings occurred throughout the city leaving one dead and 10 injured.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/six-shootings-in-south-bend-after-buttigieg-town-hall/</ref> | | Hours after hosting a town hall meeting which interrupted his campaign schedule to address police violence toward the black community, six shootings occurred throughout the city leaving one dead and 10 injured.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/six-shootings-in-south-bend-after-buttigieg-town-hall/</ref> |