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Since Mayor Pete Buttigieg is getting some new glances after his Fox News interview, from folk who were skeptical in the 2020 primary- a thread of his policies & consistency, & what a powerhouse he continues to be for downballot candidates in flippable races.
Summary of Pete’s white papers: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1226908149401165825.html
On his budget for those policies: https://twitter.com/lyragal/status/1205522948175646720
An example of the laudatory praise from experts in their respective fields: https://roanoke.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-buttigieg-has-the-best-plan-for-the-rural-economy/article_64ce0dfb-2738-5f7b-902d-d17eeaa9acf0.html
On a full tweet that has been repeatedly abbreviated and twisted far out of context: https://twitter.com/MnMarches/status/1236689538434637833
On the fallacy that people, particular non-white people, in South Bend didn’t like him: https://importantville.substack.com/p/scoop-mayor-petes-south-bend-polling
More on South Bend, and racial equity initiatives enacted during Pete’s tenure as mayor. https://medium.com/@JS_M/a-comprehensive-list-of-pete-buttigiegs-efforts-to-promote-racial-justice-and-equity-in-south-bend-f36195648f04
Pete’s been remarkably consistent- and the seeds of his thinking stretch back to his college writings:
https://www.thecrimson.com/writer/10867/Peter_P.M._Buttigieg/
https://www.thecrimson.com/writer/10867/Peter_P.M._Buttigieg/
Just another of my favorite articles from the primary.... https://www.vox.com/2020/2/4/21121636/pete-buttigieg-beat-trump-win-2020-election-primaries
Lastly, on what he’s been doing for downballot candidates for the past 6 months. A whole lot of Zoom meet-&-greets, fundraisers- for more downballot races than this list. https://www.wintheera.com/endorsements/
An addendum, 218 forward-looking foreign policy experts, from back in the heat of the primary.
"...there is also a recognition that there are new issues and a new set of challenges, and we feel that Pete understands them." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/12/23/election-2020-pete-buttigieg-gets-218-foreign-policy-endorsements/2712988001/
"...there is also a recognition that there are new issues and a new set of challenges, and we feel that Pete understands them." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/12/23/election-2020-pete-buttigieg-gets-218-foreign-policy-endorsements/2712988001/
And one more addendum: an archive of the policy pages that were broken in the tweet farther up this thread- both the colorful introductions as well as further links to the much longer white pages. https://web.archive.org/web/20200302011252/peteforamerica.com/issues
