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| | In August 2019, ''The Chicago Tribune'' reported, "South Bend at center of abortion debate as unlicensed clinic supported by Mayor Pete Buttigieg is allowed to open."<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-south-bend-abortion-clinic-20190806-2glq5hlgyfejvbvhbk2dknhbme-story.html</ref> | | In August 2019, ''The Chicago Tribune'' reported, "South Bend at center of abortion debate as unlicensed clinic supported by Mayor Pete Buttigieg is allowed to open."<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-south-bend-abortion-clinic-20190806-2glq5hlgyfejvbvhbk2dknhbme-story.html</ref> |
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| − | 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:
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| − | *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.
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| − | *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.
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| − | *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]]. After the demise of the Biden campaign is a [[corruption]] scandal, Buttigieg picked up the mantle of [[centrism]] and moderation in the Democrat base, posing as a defender of gun rights and critic of forced healthcare collectivization.
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| − | None are his own. All are cut and pasted from the traditional radical leftwing playbook. Some of these are:<ref>[https://peteforamerica.com/issues] It’s time to reclaim the values that drive our policy decisions</ref>
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| − | *Affordable abortion and the "right" to it for all women who choose to murder their child. Even to supporting freedom to abort a child during final three months of their pregnancies, at least if necessary due to medical reasons. (According to the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute, most abortions that take place after 20 weeks are performed for reasons other than the health of the mother or child.<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/news/buttigieg-defends-womens-right-to-third-trimester-abortions-who-gets-to-draw-the-line] Buttigieg Defends Women’s Right to Third-Trimester Abortions: ‘Who Gets to Draw The Line?’</ref> And the total number late-term abortions is more than seven times the combined deaths from mass shootings in America since 1966.<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/19/buttigiegs-third-trimester-abortion-mass-shootings] Buttigieg’s '1%' Of Third Trimester Abortions In A Year Is Seven Times More Than All Mass Shooting Deaths Since 1966</ref>)
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| − | *Abolishing the death penalty. End mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses. Eliminate the private prison industry.
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| − | *Gun Control: establishing a nationwide gun licensing system. The use of "Extreme Risk Protection Orders" since "two-thirds of all gun deaths are suicides." Holding the gun industry accountable for the misuse of guns by owners.
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| − | *Legalization of marijuana and addressing the harmful effects of its criminalization.
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| − | *The Federal [[Equality Act]]: Enlarge and strengthen anti-discrimination protections against gender and sexual identity-based discrimination (thus leading to criminalizing dissent; compelling businesses and churches to support what God calls an abomination). Includes "safe schools legislation." Combating those who are defined as mistreating homosexuals. Includes fighting against "the overrepresentation and mistreatment of LGBTQ people in the criminal justice system" (the higher crime rate among that demographic). Focusing on improving "the health and well-being of LGBTQ youth, parents, and families." (All of which could extend to attacking those who are considered to be harmful to the psychological well-being of such). Protecting LGBTQ asylum seekers while supporting LGBTQ human rights around the world.
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| − | *Working with "religious leaders, tech companies, and other influencers to reduce hate and extremism in our homeland, ... groups that use forms of domestic extremism."
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| − | *Growing national service programs to foster unified community and tackle "critical national and global challenges" from "climate adaptation to supporting disinvested American communities and neighborhoods", etc.
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| − | *Universal health care: promoted as "Medicare for All Who Want It."
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| − | *Reparations policies for Black Americans and closing the racial wealth gap "income disparity").
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| − | *Education: advocates zero tuition for middle-income families at public college; free public tuition affordable for lower-income students, combined with a large increase in Pell Grants that provide for basic living expenses.
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| − | *Boosting teacher pay, beginning with Title I schools.
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| − | *Funding national investment in affordable housing construction. Ending homelessness for families with children.
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| − | *Paycheck Fairness Act: forcing hire companies to reveal who and what they pay based on gender, and to pay, and promote women fairly.
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| − | *Raising the minimum wage to $15 and strengthen overtime protections. Paid family and medical leave. Extend pay and benefit protections to uncovered workers. Invest in high-quality child care and early childhood learning programs (which could foster homosexual indoctrination).
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| − | *Giving labor unions "a powerful seat at the table."
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| − | *"Climate Change:" treating "Climate security" as a life and death issue for our generation.
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| − | * Implementing "a Green New Deal with all available tools including a carbon tax-and-dividend for Americans, and major direct investment to build a 100% clean energy society." Includes, "Decarbonize transportation and industry; Commit to the Paris Climate Agreement and collaborate with other countries to increase all our goals; ... Convene state and local leaders for an agreement on community-driven carbon reduction; ... Prepare our military and disaster response agencies for the security threats of climate change."
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| − | *Foreign policy, "reinventing institutions of international engagement to address 21st century challenges, ... fundamentally rethink our foreign policy." Includes making climate security as a key basis for diplomacy.
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| − | *Comprehensive immigration reform.
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| − | *Automatic voter registration. Voting rights for the formerly incarcerated. Expand early voting.
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| − | * Replacing the Electoral College with a national popular vote.
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| − | *Overturning Citizens United and Buckley ''v''. Valeo (which ruled that statutory limits on campaign spending were unconstitutional), if necessary by constitutional amendment.
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| − | *Advocates the District of Columbia having a House member and two Senators with voting power and Puerto Rico statehood, if its people want it, and immediate representation in the Electoral College.
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| − | *Restructuring the Supreme Court so that ten members are confirmed in the normal political fashion, with the other five promoted from the lower courts by unanimous agreement of the other ten.
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| − | *Supports a Palestinian state, and promised to punish (via economic sanctions) the state of Israel, America's strongest ally in the Middle East, if it includes communities in Judea and Samaria (ancient territories of Israel, which it regained from Jordan in the 6 day war of 1967) as part of Israel, warning that as President he would cut U.S. aid to Israel. In making this promise, Buttigieg accused Israel of "turning away from peace" and made no mention of Palestinian terrorism, only going so far as stating that Palestinian Arab leaders are not "the right kinds of partners" for peace.<ref>http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/264462</ref>
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| − | *Buttigieg favors Congress launching an impeachment inquiry on obstruction of justice against President Trump, being in favor of impeachment, and as President he stated he would want any credible allegation of criminal behavior to be investigated to the fullest."<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/06/buttigieg-talks-trump-investigations-and-impeachment/591568/</ref>
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| − | "Security" is a major theme of his position page, being mentioned 27 times, from Climate security to economic security to security from intimidation, while the effects of the Federal Equality Act would use intimidation via penalizing and prosecuting individuals or business such as in good conscience refuse to be complicit in affirming homosexual relations, imposing economic sanctions or worse on such.<ref>[https://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2019/05/16/the_equality_act_will_hurt_religious_freedom_110219.html ] The Equality Act Will Harm Religious Freedom</ref> Such attacks on the security of those of religious conscience has been seen under the implementation of the European Union equality law.<ref>[http://www.equineteurope.org/IMG/pdf/Religion_and_Belief_Report_merged_.pdf] Equality Law in Practice</ref>
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| − | Buttigieg, an intellectual lightweight, believes that being unconcerned about God's creation "is a sin" when discussing greenhouse gases, however Buttigieg believes that being unconcerned about God's creation ''is not a sin'' when discussing babies in the womb.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/12/peter-buttigieg-loves-gods-creation-rainbow-not-baby/</ref>
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| − | ===Destruction of campaign finance reports===
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| − | After the racial police chief firing scandal and abortionist protected by Buttigieg with 2,200 baby corpses in his home, the St. Joseph County clerk’s office overseeing South Bend elections shredded Buttigieg’s campaign disclosure reports from his 2011 first run for mayor.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/23/exclusive-who-shredded-buttigiegs-campaign-records-and-why/</ref>
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| − | [[File:Bootyjudge panderig.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Mayor Pete indulges in a vulgar racial stereotype to pander for support.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/06/twitter-mocks-buttigieg-for-pandering-to-voters-by-drinking-in-public-out-of-a-paper-bag/</ref>]]
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| − | While campaigning at a staged event in Iowa an audience plant urged him to tell the black people of South Bend to stop committing crime and doing drugs,<ref>https://townhall.com/columnists/sheriffdavidclarke(ret)/2019/07/16/mayor-pete-gets-dragged-into-the-deep-end-of-pool-on-race-politics-n2550133</ref> Buttigieg stated: "The fact that a black person is four times as likely as a white person to be incarcerated for the exact same crime is evidence of systematic racism." However, though liberal "Politifact" tried to provide support for it (from liberal sources), even they could not validate it, finding that that the liberal biased [[ACLU]] study the Buttigieg campaign stated he was referring to "does not support what Buttigieg specifically said in Iowa."<ref>[https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/jul/10/pete-buttigieg/viral-moment-pete-buttigieg-fumbles-line-racial-di ] In viral moment, Pete Buttigieg fumbles line on racial disparities in criminal justice</ref>
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| − | In [[New Hampshire]] Buttigieg threw [[Obama]] under the bus.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyI136o93kc Pete Buttigieg Says That The Economy Wasn’t “Working For Most Of Us” Under President Obama], youtube.</ref> Early on "Diversity" meant "gay," not "black." As Buttigieg surpassed [[Kamala Harris]] in the polls after the Third pre-Primary Debate moving into the #4 slot, he suddenly became ashamed of his gayness.<ref>https://www.theblaze.com/news/pete-buttigieg-says-hes-steering-clear-of-lgbt-media</ref>
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