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April 3, 2019
https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293545/pete-buttigieg-democrats-president-israel-omar-palestine
Vox: Buttigieg "has strongly rejected condemnations of Israel"
Vox (April 3, 2019):
Pete Buttigieg may be a rising star in the 2020 Democratic field, but his strong pro-Israel views may put him at odds with the increasingly pro-Palestinian left flank in his own party
The 37-year-old openly gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has in the past described Israel as a model for the US in how to deal with security threats. He’s blamed most of the suffering in Gaza on Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist political organization and militant group that has run the territory since 2007. And he’s strongly rejected condemnations of Israel — and US support for it — made by progressive lawmakers.
That’s not to say he’s completely ignored the plight of Palestinians — he hasn’t. During a March campaign stop in Iowa, Buttigieg said he wants America to help make “a world where Israelis and Palestinians are able to live in peace side by side.” Overall, though, Buttigieg has shown a willingness to back Israel.
That puts him in stark contrast with the more progressive wing of his own party. Poll after poll has shown that liberal Democratic primary voters are less sympathetic to Israel than they were in years past. It also shows he disagrees with some first-term Representatives, particularly Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293545/pete-buttigieg-democrats-president-israel-omar-palestine
April 3, 2019
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/03/pete-buttigieg-on-police-controversy-said-all-lives-matter-in-2015.html
In his State of the City speech in question, Buttegieg said this about the t-shirts:
Buttigieg's first scandal: "all lives matter"
Pete Buttigieg said 'all lives matter' in 2015, and the context doesn’t help.
Because the mayor said ”all lives matter” in a speech where he minimizes the importance of police officers selling T-shirts with the words.”Breath Easy”, mocking the death of African American Eric Garner.
Buttigieg was also refusing to release tapes where police officers allegedly used racial insults against a black police chief whom Buttigieg fired.
The black police chief was fired for recording his subordinates’ tapes.
CNBC (4-3-2019): Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg in 2015 addressed two local police controversies in South Bend, Indiana, by saying in an official speech that "all lives matter," a comment that could land him in hot water with his party's increasingly energized progressive base.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/03/pete-buttigieg-on-police-controversy-said-all-lives-matter-in-2015.html
In his State of the City speech in question, Buttegieg said this about the t-shirts:
And so for all the good reasons that our men and women have to be proud of that uniform and the service and sacrifice it represents, it also remains the case that the uniform has a lot to overcome.
That’s why such bitter disagreements have arisen over something as seemingly minor and symbolic as T-shirts.
That’s why such bitter disagreements have arisen over something as seemingly minor and symbolic as T-shirts.
April 2, 2019
Great response to Chris Cillizza's Buttigieg-Kamala fundraising comparison
https://twitter.com/ccadelago/status/1113085852509450241
April 2, 2019
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/opinion/pete-buttigieg-2020.html
Why you love Pete Buttigieg - by New York Times' David Brooks
The Buttigieg surge suggests that there are a lot of Democrats who want to say goodbye to all that. They don’t want to fight fire and divisiveness with more fire and divisiveness. They don’t want to fight white identity politics with another kind of identity politics.
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Young people are supposed to be anti-institutional, but Buttigieg is very institutional — his life has been defined by his service to organizations, not his rebellion against them.
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Second, he is gay and personifies the progress made by the L.G.B.T.Q. movement, but he doesn't do so in a way that feels threatening or transgressive to social conservatives. He has conservative family values; it’s just that his spouse is a husband, not a wife. He speaks comfortably about his faith and says that when he goes to church he prefers a conservative liturgy to anything experimental.
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Finally, he’s a progressive on policy issues, but he doesn’t sound like an angry revolutionary.Buttigieg’s policy positions are not all that different from the more identifiable leftist candidates. But he eschews grand ideological conflict.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/opinion/pete-buttigieg-2020.html
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