SOUTH BEND, Indiana — As he soared from obscurity to top-tier presidential candidate this year, Mayor Pete Buttigieg rooted his unlikely campaign in an argument he hoped would fit both the moment and his relatively thin resume: that what a nation fed up with big government truly needs is to “get Washington to look more like our best-run cities and towns.
Buttigieg has tried to explain to his constituents that laws spell out exactly how officer-involved shootings must be handled and potential police misconduct investigated — and that no amount of grief or anger, however warranted, can justify circumventing that process to punish people before the investigation is complete.
"This problem has to get solved in my lifetime. I don't know of a person or a city that has solved it,” Buttigieg said after the crowd dispersed. “But I know that if we do not solve it in my lifetime, it will sink America." While another mayor is running in the Democratic primary this year — New York’s Bill de Blasio — his candidacy has yet to attract anywhere near the level of attention as Buttigieg’s.
“You don’t get to control all of the messaging,” added Adler, who has endorsed Buttigieg. “All you get to control is how you do your job.”For Buttigieg, the spotlight on his handling of issues of policing and race is one he had invited upon himself long before the shooting in South Bend. Compounding problems for Buttigieg, the incident in South Bend just so happened to overlap directly with his biggest obstacle as a candidate — his thus-far limited appeal to black voters. After spending weeks honing his message and economic plan for African Americans, Buttigieg was just starting to see the fruits of those efforts in the way of improved poll numbers with black voters in South Carolina when the Eric Logan shooting occurred.
This is a first hand view of someone with experience governing. Not to knock other candidates but Senators and Congress never have to deal with the day to day realities of the lives of the people they are supposed to serve. PeteButtigieg is ON MESSAGE!
How can PeteButtigieg possibly run the most powerful country in the world when he can't even take care of lil ol South Bend Indiana?
Someone should investigate whether the rabble rousers at Buttigieg's press conference actually live in South Bend or if they are plants from the Trump/other Democratic candidates' campaigns.
Or an opportunity to showcase fearless and righteous decision making. Take it, Pete!
He isn’t ready to be President!! Why can’t people see that maybe in 20 years or so he can’t even handle a small city let alone the most powerful nation in the world.
Why? A cop kills a desperate criminal, we should cheer this.
52 shootings in one weekend in Chicago and no one mentioned that it was blacks shooting blacks But if one of the 52 was white you would make that one the headline
Mr Buttigieg, can you find it in your heart to seek help for the kids- sick-depraved at the Border with other constituents? God will be there for you, I know!!
Unelectable!
KlasicalLiberal 'Triggered'
America is Not ready for a MAN married to a MAN... international Laughing stock period...say what you want.
Let's start the day off with a little racism MSNBC.
SMDH 😔
When you hear that an officer's body-cam wasn't on, it naturally makes people suspicious & rightfully so. Was it actually not on sloppy or rouge officer or on purpose or was it on & local gov't not releasing it?
Was watching the show this morning..a black lady was introduced as a contributor along with four other white contributors..on the topic of immigration..the white fokes got several takes the black lady is yet to speak..it's not a good look..
Butt head
You mean the only hurdle.
I wonder if the media will provide meaningful information to the public regarding the police shooting... And if they don't the public needs to ask why
A guy that tries to throw a knife at a officer. Lets see identity politics at work- lets see the democrats blame the police. Wont be america much longer. Sorry folks.
PETE SHOULD REALIZE THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD HE WAS ONCE WAKING ON HAS COLLAPSED .
ASK what SouthBend is doing to stop SerialEvictions by landlord predators who can't give human answers to 'WHAT PART OF THE GoldenRule IS SO DIFFICULTY FOR YOU TO GET DONE?'⁉️
I dont know what happened, but to survive, hes going to have to toss the police under the bus, with gusto.
It’s fun seeing leftist attack their own kind now.
Another one bites the dust.
22 cops killed by libs so far this year .... pull police out of lib hoods ... libs complain about cops until they have to be cops ?
It is ridiculous to think that only a black officer should respond to a black person creating a problem. Get off the race subject and start addressing real problems in your neighborhood.
Police can be totally disarmed state by state with ballot measures. We can make America safe again state by state. Encounters with cops will automatically be less stressful if they do not have guns and tasers. Let them wear all the armor they want.
EMERGENCY: Disarm The Police.
Let’s see how he handles it.
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