"PETE goes after Klobuchar in Vegas for saying he's inexperienced"

[bluewater]

Link to tweet

And things are heating up for the Nevada Caucuses just 8 days away...

[PatSeg]

1. Yeah

This is the stage where everyone takes off the gloves.

I suppose as long as what they say is true and not an ugly personal attack, it is to be expected.

[Mike Nelson]

2. I like Pete and Amy...

... after the primaries are over, they will be supporting the winner and future President!

[highplainsdem]

3. I like them, too.

[squirecam]

4. So, here is the context.

Last edited Fri Feb 14, 2020, 02:17 PM - Edit history (2)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_McAleenan

McAleenan served as acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection from January 2017 to March 20, 2018.

President Donald Trump nominated McAleenan to assume the position of commissioner in a permanent capacity in May 2017. McAleenan's previous nomination was supported by officials from both the George W. Bush and the Barack Obama administrations, a number of whom signed a letter to Congress expressing "enthusiastic support" for the "supremely qualified" McAleenan.Trump officially submitted the nomination to the Senate on May 22. The Senate confirmed McAleenan's nomination on March 19, 2018, by a vote of 77–19. He was sworn in on March 20, 2018.


https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-pick-lead-border-security-wins-support-obama/story?id=46654886

More than a dozen Republicans -- many of them former border patrol chiefs -- are among the signers of a letter sent to Congress on Thursday in support of McAleenan's nomination. But so are former President Obama's most-recent homeland security secretary, Jeh Johnson, and deputy secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas.

"Each of us has worked directly with Mr. McAleenan and can personally attest to his honesty, integrity, patriotism, and commitment to the homeland security mission and to the security of the United States," reads the letter signed by eight former high-level Homeland Security officials in the Obama administration and another nine who served at senior levels under former President George W. Bush, including former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.

McAleenan is “supremely qualified” to lead the border protection agency, the letter says.


https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mcaleenan-moves-one-step-closer-to-full-cbp-commissioner-role

The Senate Finance Committee on Thursday afternoon unanimously approved Kevin McAleenan’s confirmation to serve as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), moving the vote to the full Senate for final approval.

Since the announcement of his nomination, McAleenan has received bipartisan support within the Senate Finance Committee. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the committee’s chairman, voiced his confidence in McAleenan to run the agency and implement the 2015 Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act. The committee’s ranking member, Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said, “He’s got the right focus,” especially when it comes to taking on “modern-day trade cheats.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kevin-mcaleenan-is-taking-over-dhs-will-he-be-tough-enough-for-trump/ar-BBVIs4P?pfr=1

When I look back on my lengthy career, I can count on one hand the number of people whose intelligence, honesty and intellect I have the utmost respect and admiration for, and Kevin is one of them,” said Gil Kerlikowske, who served as CBP commissioner during President Barack Obama’s second term, when McAleenan was his deputy. “I’m glad he’ll be there as acting secretary, but he’ll be in an incredibly difficult position, and I don’t envy him at all.”





https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00055

[FreeState]

5. That's what happens when you surge to third place

Everyone attacked Pete last debate - this time it will be much different.

[squirecam]

6. We will see

Frankly, I expect a bloodbath if Bloomberg shows up. I’m sure Warren and Sanders would salivate at the chance to debate a real billionaire.

As far as this “issue” it’s a nothing burger.

[Celerity]

10. Steyer is a real billionaire nt

[squirecam]

13. Yes he is

And notice who got attacked. Pete. Who has donors giving to him. Instead of Steyer.

But if Bloomberg is at the debate, watch them attack him for being the real evil billionaire.

[BusyBeingBest]

7. LOL, yeah, that's something that will resonate.

Or, you know, not.

[squirecam]

8. Context and facts matter

But people here like the drive by smear without them.

[BusyBeingBest]

9. Hopefully she's ready to rebut attacks like this, there will be

a new focus on her. Being a former prosecutor should serve her well.

[Kerrycrat]

11. I haven't been here long enough yet to start a thread

But I want to leave this stuff in a Pete thread SOMEwhere.

Come to think of it, this is my first post. Ta da!

Tools for the Road, for Pete supporters.

Let me know if any of the links don't work.

https://mobile.twitter.com/1971genx/status/1224078222419120128?s=21&fbclid=IwAR1Ag8cQVPBaY6vIFKkrsyp2IWsFSo2l-KF2ikt308J0ztaII9AEYJR3sus

https://www.indystar.com/.../pete-buttigieg.../3165477002/

https://peteforamerica.com/stories/south-bend/

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pIkhwQSqakAbUZ_RNhwCbsazzbzvRhBogwSmA2sHuvU/edit?fbclid=IwAR2dEQoZN92uOHaj6115xa2vWnNljQUKQqRO_A4su9OgEpO8vjA4Qc1sfn8

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23voicesofsouthbend&src=typd

&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR21z9Ksh0EwzmOpKp_yT6yocF08y94Ttq7nd90F1iHQyyaGJIumLWmYpkU

https://www.wired.com/story/pete-buttigieg-revived-south-bend-with-tech-up-next-america/?fbclid=IwAR1CWmrigM406vi5uzwpXoigIKdicPJ650fQHStSvKFK33ITVuja4vwIrFA

[BlueIdaho]

12. This is probably the last stand for Pete or Amy or both.

It’s all about the money. Sadly.

[bluewater]

14. Pete has tons of money.

He's second only to Sanders in that regard.

That's one of the reason those two are the frontrunners right now.

Or they might have all that money because they are the frontrunners. lol

It's a which came first, the chicken or the egg type of thing.

But, yeah, Pete is flush with cash.

[BlueIdaho]

15. Interesting...

How much is “tons of money?”

[bluewater]

16. Here's some numbers from january

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/us/politics/q4-democratic-trump-fundraising.html

You can google and try to find slightly more current numbers, but Pete has been second only to Sanders when it comes to fund raising.

So he's not in any danger of dropping out due to money compared to any other candidate.

[BlueIdaho]

18. Dang it! Hit a paywall...

Guess I’ve used up my free views - but thanks for the link!

[squirecam]

19. He was in CA

Raising money IIRC.

[BlueIdaho]

20. Found a good source...

Looks like he has about 14,000,000 on hand.

https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race/candidate?id=N00044183

[liskddksil]

17. Vetting is a good thing for any candidate nt