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Buttigieg rejected calls for the resignation of the [[racist]] Democrat governor of Virginia [[Ralph Northam]].<ref>Buttigieg said, "I don’t mean to congratulate ourselves because we’ve got our issues to work through too, but I would point to the contrast between how the Democratic Party handled allegations of sexual mistreatment among people in our ranks … and what's going on on the other side of the aisle. Or when it comes to these disturbing racial relations. The difference between the conversation the Democratic Party is having about the governor of Virginia and the conversation, if any, that the Republican Party is having about people like [[Steve King]]. How much will we tolerate?" A blatantly false statement. King was removed from all House committee assignments after King was quoted out of context by mainstream news sources, whereas Rep. [[Ilhan Omar]] was never censored or disciplined for a recurring pattern of [[anti-Semitic]] statements. Buttigieg went on to say Northam could remain in office until he could primaried out in 2021.</ref>
Buttigieg rejected calls for the resignation of the [[racist]] Democrat governor of Virginia [[Ralph Northam]].<ref>Buttigieg said, "I don’t mean to congratulate ourselves because we’ve got our issues to work through too, but I would point to the contrast between how the Democratic Party handled allegations of sexual mistreatment among people in our ranks … and what's going on on the other side of the aisle. Or when it comes to these disturbing racial relations. The difference between the conversation the Democratic Party is having about the governor of Virginia and the conversation, if any, that the Republican Party is having about people like [[Steve King]]. How much will we tolerate?" A blatantly false statement. King was removed from all House committee assignments after King was quoted out of context by mainstream news sources, whereas Rep. [[Ilhan Omar]] was never censored or disciplined for a recurring pattern of [[anti-Semitic]] statements. Buttigieg went on to say Northam could remain in office until he could primaried out in 2021.</ref>
===Views on race===
Buttigieg has criticized his supporters for being too white.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (April 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/15/pete-buttigieg-knocks-own-supporters-for-being-too-white/ Pete Buttigieg Knocks Own Supporters for Being Too White]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 16, 2019.</ref> Buttigieg has apologized for having once thought, believed, and expressed "all lives matter."<ref>https://defconnews.com/2019/04/05/pete-buttigieg-apologizes-for-saying-all-lives-matter/</ref>
During his first term as mayor, in the wake of a federal investigation into recordings by police that allegedly contained racist remarks by some white police officers, Buttigieg asked Darryl Boykins, the city's first ever black police chief, to resign, and later demoted him to captain, resulting in charges of racial discrimination and a suit by Boykins, which was settled out of court. Buttigieg called for the eradication of racial bias in the police force, and has been credited with being being a valuable partner in advocating for the needs of the city's black community,<ref>[https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/04/south-bend-police-pete-buttigieg-lives-matter-race-boykins/586513] Pete Buttigieg and the Police Department: Race Record Under Scrutiny</ref> while being faulted for a decrease in diversity in his administration as mayor<ref>[https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/opinion/viewpoint/viewpoint-diversity-has-fallen-in-mayor-pete-buttigieg-s-administration/article_3dbd0df8-385b-5e0a-9486-d561e1e57ba6.html Diversity has fallen in Mayor Pete Buttigieg's administration]</ref> as well as in his presidential campaign events.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/politics/pete-buttigieg-diversity-2020-campaign-events/index.html Buttigieg: I'm 'conscious' of lack of diversity at events]</ref>
Buttigieg rejected calls for the resignation of the [[racist]] Democrat governor of Virginia [[Ralph Northam]].<ref>Buttigieg said, "I don’t mean to congratulate ourselves because we’ve got our issues to work through too, but I would point to the contrast between how the Democratic Party handled allegations of sexual mistreatment among people in our ranks … and what's going on on the other side of the aisle. Or when it comes to these disturbing racial relations. The difference between the conversation the Democratic Party is having about the governor of Virginia and the conversation, if any, that the Republican Party is having about people like [[Steve King]]. How much will we tolerate?" A blatantly false statement. King was removed from all House committee assignments after King was quoted out of context by mainstream news sources, whereas Rep. [[Ilhan Omar]] was never censored or disciplined for a recurring pattern of [[anti-Semitic]] statements. Buttigieg went on to say Northam could remain in office until he could primaried out in 2021.</ref>
===Campaign funding===
Buttigieg raised $7.1 million in the first quarter of 2019, with approximately $2.5 million coming from large donations, which was more than all except three Democratic candidates, including and four sitting U.S. senators, a sum that is seen likely to balloon in the coming months. Elizabeth Birch, former executive director of the Human Rights Campaign, stated, What is going on now is one of the untold secrets of the D.N.C. and Democratic Party generally, which is that the L.G.B.T. community is a huge source of money into the Democratic Party.” <ref>[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/pete-buttigieg-gay-money-democratic-secret-weapon “] I Have Maxed Out to Pete”: Gay Money, Democratic Secret Weapon, Comes Out for Buttigieg</ref>
This is related to the megadonor, tech millionaire Tim Gill, founder of software company Quark Inc., who heavily funds the LGBT movement (including by funding front groups with misleading names, such as "Alliance for Colorado’s Families) and its allies in the Democratic Party says he will continue to pursue and attack those who hold traditional views about sexual morality. "We’re going into the hardest states in the country,” he says. “We’re going to punish the wicked.” The Gill Foundation rallied more than 100 corporations, including Coca-Cola, Google and Marriott, behind a front group called "Georgia Prospers." The tactic was business threatening to pull out of the state, and the coalition successfully induced Republican Gov. Nathan Deal into vetoing a Religious Freedom Restoration Act.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/19/gay-megadonor-going-after-christians-punish-wicked]</ref><ref>The Rolling Stone, "Meet the Megadonor Behind the LGBTQ Rights Movement, " June 23, 2017</ref>
==Career==
==Career==