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Why You Shouldn't Support Pete Buttigieg For The Upcoming 2020 Election: a thread
1. Refused to investigate the apparent lynching of a 16 year-old black boy
source: https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/5iMSC8eiu3XG1HVYHEvv5
source: https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/5iMSC8eiu3XG1HVYHEvv5
2. Fired South Bend’s black police chief for exposing racism in the police force
source: https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/04/23/politics/south-bend-tapes-ruling/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40westonpagano%2Fa-guide-to-the-2020-democratic-candidates-you-should-not-vote-for-c1c6e4c9c26
source: https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/04/23/politics/south-bend-tapes-ruling/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40westonpagano%2Fa-guide-to-the-2020-democratic-candidates-you-should-not-vote-for-c1c6e4c9c26
...he later on lied about it
source: https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/6OZf5ZyADWy7jXdlux9rQY
source: https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/6OZf5ZyADWy7jXdlux9rQY
...fired those calling for an investigation, possibly leaving innocent black people imprisoned
source: https://twitter.com/zei_nabq/status/1120635749307695104
source: https://twitter.com/zei_nabq/status/1120635749307695104
...while some in his inner circle backed a $45,000 loan to one of the accused racist cops
source: https://mobile.twitter.com/jtlarsen/status/1120018657269157894
source: https://mobile.twitter.com/jtlarsen/status/1120018657269157894
3. Oversaw a police force that was forced to pay out over $1.3 million in brutality and civil rights settlements
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4. Oversaw a 50% decrease in black officers on the police force, replacing many who left due to not being given promotions with white officers
source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/23/politics/pete-buttigieg-south-bend-police-department-officer-involved-shootings/index.html
source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/23/politics/pete-buttigieg-south-bend-police-department-officer-involved-shootings/index.html
5. Responded to Black Lives Matter with the right-wing response “All Lives Matter”
source: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/03/pete-buttigieg-on-police-controversy-said-all-lives-matter-in-2015.html
source: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/03/pete-buttigieg-on-police-controversy-said-all-lives-matter-in-2015.html
6. Opposes tuition free public college
source: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/04/05/pete-buttigieg-democratic-candidate-bucks-progressives-free-college
source: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/04/05/pete-buttigieg-democratic-candidate-bucks-progressives-free-college
7. Demolished the homes of many South Bend residents unable to afford repairs and drastically ramped up unfair fines
source: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/all-about-pete
source: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/all-about-pete
8. Wants to keep troops in Syria
source: http://www.ontheissues.org/2020/Pete_Buttigieg_War_+_Peace.htm
source: http://www.ontheissues.org/2020/Pete_Buttigieg_War_+_Peace.htm
9. Opposed Obama ending the torture of whistleblower Chelsea Manning
source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2020-candidate-pete-buttigieg-troubled-by-clemency-for-chelsea-manning/
source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2020-candidate-pete-buttigieg-troubled-by-clemency-for-chelsea-manning/
10. Supports Israel’s right-wing apartheid to the point he wants to model US security after it
source: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293545/pete-buttigieg-democrats-president-israel-omar-palestine
source: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293545/pete-buttigieg-democrats-president-israel-omar-palestine
11. Supports continued removal of incarcerated people’s voting rights
source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pete-buttigieg-prison-vote-inmates-bernie-sanders-convicts-democrats-2020-election-a8884691.html
source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pete-buttigieg-prison-vote-inmates-bernie-sanders-convicts-democrats-2020-election-a8884691.html
12. Doesn’t support boycotting corporations for political reasons
source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/27/politics/pete-buttigieg-opposes-boycotts-chickfila/index.html
source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/27/politics/pete-buttigieg-opposes-boycotts-chickfila/index.html
13. Won’t support universal childcare
source: https://twitter.com/ZephyrTeachout/status/1118647813213237248
source: https://twitter.com/ZephyrTeachout/status/1118647813213237248
14. Was for a while the only top candidate openly funding his campaign with lobbyist money
source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-buttigieg-only-top-tier-2020-democrat-lobbyist-donations_n_5cbe09d6e4b0f7a84a73681d?07h
source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-buttigieg-only-top-tier-2020-democrat-lobbyist-donations_n_5cbe09d6e4b0f7a84a73681d?07h
15. Opposes reversing Trump’s relocation of the Israeli embassy to Jerusalem
source: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/448826-buttigieg-wouldnt-reverse-us-embassy-move-to-jerusalem-whats-done-is-done
source: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/448826-buttigieg-wouldnt-reverse-us-embassy-move-to-jerusalem-whats-done-is-done
16. A white officer with a documented history of racist behavior that violated department policy was allowed to stay on the force without a bodycam he shot and killed an elderly black man
source: https://twitter.com/indianaboognish/status/1140955550966079488
source: https://twitter.com/indianaboognish/status/1140955550966079488
...and Mayor Pete spoke to media before the victim’s family, skipped the vigil, and then gave a speech to the police instead
source: https://splinternews.com/mayor-pete-is-really-screwing-up-in-his-day-job-1835689270?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=splinter_twitter&utm_campaign=bottom
source: https://splinternews.com/mayor-pete-is-really-screwing-up-in-his-day-job-1835689270?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=splinter_twitter&utm_campaign=bottom
...and received a lot for backlash for it
source: https://mobile.twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1142233502257225728?s=21
source: https://mobile.twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1142233502257225728?s=21
17. Allowed a white officer to keep his job after multiple racist and violent incidents
source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/23/politics/pete-buttigieg-south-bend-police-department-officer-involved-shootings/index.html
source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/23/politics/pete-buttigieg-south-bend-police-department-officer-involved-shootings/index.html
...including beating and tasing an innocent teen after breaking into the wrong house
source: https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/suzette-hackney/2016/08/27/hackney-case-civil-rights-worth/89431286/
source: https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/suzette-hackney/2016/08/27/hackney-case-civil-rights-worth/89431286/
...and tortured a disabled man
source: https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/suzette-hackney/2016/10/01/hackney-police-taunted-endangered-disabled-man/91342626/
source: https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/suzette-hackney/2016/10/01/hackney-police-taunted-endangered-disabled-man/91342626/
...and posting a video of it online as retaliation for the man filing a complaint about the force ignoring a drunk driving incident
source: https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/suzette-hackney/2016/08/27/hackney-case-civil-rights-worth/89431286/
source: https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/suzette-hackney/2016/08/27/hackney-case-civil-rights-worth/89431286/
...even despite a community-led campaign
source: https://wsbt.com/news/local/new-calls-for-dismissal-of-embattled-south-bend-police-officer
source: https://wsbt.com/news/local/new-calls-for-dismissal-of-embattled-south-bend-police-officer
...and a petition
source: https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-the-franklin-family-south-bend-indiana
source: https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-the-franklin-family-south-bend-indiana
18. Dismisses workers striking for fair wages
source: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/all-about-pete
source: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/all-about-pete
...and called them "social justice warriors"
source: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/05/fear-of-the-sjw
source: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/05/fear-of-the-sjw
19. Has previously supported people opting out of vaccinations for personal or religious reasons
source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiakoerner/2020-presidential-candidates-vaccines-measles-health?bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc
source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiakoerner/2020-presidential-candidates-vaccines-measles-health?bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc
20. His pandering is kinda racist https://mobile.twitter.com/MillerStream/status/1137769837332221952
21. Did little to address the disproportionately high rates of poverty and unemployment among South Bend people of color
source: https://prosperitynow.org/sites/default/files/resources/Racial%20Wealth%20Divide%20in%20South%20Bend_ProsperityNow_Final_Rev.pdf
source: https://prosperitynow.org/sites/default/files/resources/Racial%20Wealth%20Divide%20in%20South%20Bend_ProsperityNow_Final_Rev.pdf
22. Does not support true Medicare for All
source: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/436162-medicare-for-all-where-2020-dems-stand
source: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/436162-medicare-for-all-where-2020-dems-stand
...and is the only top candidate not providing health care to his own staff
source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/buttigieg-only-top-2020-candidate-not-offering-staffers-health-care-n1003481?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_np
source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/buttigieg-only-top-2020-candidate-not-offering-staffers-health-care-n1003481?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_np
23. Accept money from Blackstone
source: https://twitter.com/andrewperezdc/status/1140615614467399680
source: https://twitter.com/andrewperezdc/status/1140615614467399680
24. He's one of Wall Street’s favorite candidates
source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/16/us/politics/2020-democratic-donors-wall-street.html
source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/16/us/politics/2020-democratic-donors-wall-street.html
