Why You Shouldn& #39;t Support Pete Buttigieg For The Upcoming 2020 Election: a thread
...fired those calling for an investigation, possibly leaving innocent black people imprisoned

source: https://twitter.com/zei_nabq/status/1120635749307695104">https://twitter.com/zei_nabq/...
...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">https://mobile.twitter.com/jtlarsen/...
3. Oversaw a police force that was forced to pay out over $1.3 million in brutality and civil rights settlements

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Lh3zFzKi4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
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">https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/a...
8. Wants to keep troops in Syria

source: http://www.ontheissues.org/2020/Pete_Buttigieg_War_+_Peace.htm">https://www.ontheissues.org/2020/Pete...
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">https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/...
13. Won’t support universal childcare

source: https://twitter.com/ZephyrTeachout/status/1118647813213237248">https://twitter.com/ZephyrTea...
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">https://twitter.com/indianabo...
...and received a lot for backlash for it

source: https://mobile.twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1142233502257225728?s=21">https://mobile.twitter.com/keithboyk...
19. Has previously supported people opting out of vaccinations for personal or religious reasons

source: #4ldqpgc">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiakoerner/2020-presidential-candidates-vaccines-measles-health?bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc #4ldqpgc">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/c...
20. His pandering is kinda racist https://mobile.twitter.com/MillerStream/status/1137769837332221952">https://mobile.twitter.com/MillerStr...
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">https://prosperitynow.org/sites/def...
23. Accept money from Blackstone

source: https://twitter.com/andrewperezdc/status/1140615614467399680">https://twitter.com/andrewper...
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