| | Meanwhile, it was under then-President Obama that only 53 Syrian Christian refugees of Syria’s civil war were admitted into the United States over the course of 5 years, due to American reliance on a United Nations refugee-resettlement program that disproportionately excluded them.<ref>Nina Shea, November 2, 2015. [https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/11/christian-refugees-syria-religious-minorities-united-states-resettlement-policy/ "The State Department Turns Its Back on Syrian Christians and Other Non-Muslim Refugees"] National Review (Retrieved 12/28/19)</ref> | | Meanwhile, it was under then-President Obama that only 53 Syrian Christian refugees of Syria’s civil war were admitted into the United States over the course of 5 years, due to American reliance on a United Nations refugee-resettlement program that disproportionately excluded them.<ref>Nina Shea, November 2, 2015. [https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/11/christian-refugees-syria-religious-minorities-united-states-resettlement-policy/ "The State Department Turns Its Back on Syrian Christians and Other Non-Muslim Refugees"] National Review (Retrieved 12/28/19)</ref> |
| − | *In late December a video from 2014 was posted in which Buttigieg told a group of children that "The people who wrote the Constitution did not understand that slavery was a bad thing." This resulted in reproofs from Senator Ted Cruz and others who posted quotes from such founders as James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams etc. which clearly show that that they held slavery in a negative light.<ref>Thomas Lifson, December 31, 2019. [https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/12/ted_cruz_educates_pete_buttigieg.html "Ted Cruz educates Pete Buttigieg"] American Thinker (Retrieved 12/28/19)</ref><ref>Nate Madden, December 31, 2019. [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/pete-buttigieg-said-framers-constitution-not-understand-slavery-bad-thing-heres-reality-check/ "Pete Buttigieg once said that the framers of the Constitution ‘did not understand that slavery was a bad thing.’ Here’s a reality check"] Conservative Review. (Retrieved 12/28/19)</ref> | + | *In late December a video from 2014 was posted in which Buttigieg told a group of children that, "The people who wrote the Constitution did not understand that slavery was a bad thing." This resulted in reproofs from Senator [[Ted Cruz]] and others who posted quotes from such founders as [[James Madison]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[George Washington]], and [[John Adams,]] etc. which clearly show that that they held slavery in a negative light.<ref>Thomas Lifson, December 31, 2019. [https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/12/ted_cruz_educates_pete_buttigieg.html "Ted Cruz educates Pete Buttigieg"] American Thinker (Retrieved 01/02/2020)</ref><ref>Nate Madden, December 31, 2019. [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/pete-buttigieg-said-framers-constitution-not-understand-slavery-bad-thing-heres-reality-check/ "Pete Buttigieg once said that the framers of the Constitution ‘did not understand that slavery was a bad thing.’ Here’s a reality check"] Conservative Review. (Retrieved 01/02/2020)</ref> |