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| | Buttigieg expressed that he believed President Trump faked a disability to get out of serving in the military and attacked him for pardons like that for US Army officer Michael Behenna, who was convicted of killing an Iraqi prisoner, stating pardons like that are "disgusting." However, Buttigieg defended athletes who choose to kneel in protest during the national anthem, stating that freedom to do that was something that he put his life on the line to defend.<ref>CNN, May 23, 2019 [https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/pete-buttigieg-national-anthem-defense/index.html Pete Buttigieg reflects on his military service in defense of national anthem protests]</ref> | | Buttigieg expressed that he believed President Trump faked a disability to get out of serving in the military and attacked him for pardons like that for US Army officer Michael Behenna, who was convicted of killing an Iraqi prisoner, stating pardons like that are "disgusting." However, Buttigieg defended athletes who choose to kneel in protest during the national anthem, stating that freedom to do that was something that he put his life on the line to defend.<ref>CNN, May 23, 2019 [https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/pete-buttigieg-national-anthem-defense/index.html Pete Buttigieg reflects on his military service in defense of national anthem protests]</ref> |
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| − | Some of the policies Buttigieg supports are:<ref>[https://peteforamerica.com/issues] It’s time to reclaim the values that drive our policy decisions</ref>
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| − | [[File:Buttigieg-alfred-e-neuman.jpg|right|250px|thumb|President Trump remarked on the resemblance of Buttigieg to Alfred E. Neuman; Buttigieg, a man of the world who speaks seven languages, had no idea what President Trump was talking about. Alfred E. Neuman was a perennial presidential candidate for many years.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2012/11/write-in-for-alfred-e-neumann-083400</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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| − | *Legalize marijuana and address 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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| − | "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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