Posted on 02/13/2020 6:47:50 AM PST by USA Conservative
Pete Buttigieg rivals and critics attack his record on race relations and question whether the former mayor of a mid-sized, Midwestern town is up to the task of being the next commander in chief.
After all, it seems that his racist past comes back to haunt him.
Buttigieg has struggled mightily to attract support from voters of color, which could be a major issue for him once the calendar turns to more diverse states.
Henry Davis Jr., a black member of the South Bend City Council, had a viral Twitter moment this weekend when he attacked Buttigieg for turning a blind eye to “systemic racism” in the police department.
Buttigieg has been dogged by his decision to demote South Bend’s first African American police chief, who secretly recorded white police officers he suspected were making racist remarks.
“Pete Buttigieg looked like a deer in headlights last night when talking about systemic racism in the South Bend Police,” Davis tweeted. “He tolerated it, he perpetuated it, and last night he lied to millions of Americans about it.”
https://twitter.com/iamhenrydavisjr/status/1226300183090278403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1226300183090278403&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativeus.com%2Fdeveloping-black-leader-suing-former-mayor-pete-buttigieg-over-alleged-racist-policing-in-south-bend%2F
Buttigieg has characterized Davis as a political rival he defeated in the governor’s race and he has expressed regret about how he handled the demotion. Davis has a long history of criticizing Buttigieg. In 2017, he implied that Buttigieg came out as gay to benefit his political career.
But there are other racial controversies as well.
Buttigieg faced protests back home last year after a white police officer shot and killed a black man. The officer says the victim approached him with a knife, but the policeman did not have his camera on at the time of the shooting.
Also, Indiana’s police officer who was involved in the controversial 2012 death of a man in police custody was promoted in October at the recommendation of Police Chief Scott Ruszkowski, a close ally of Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Activists called on the mayor, now a leading Democratic presidential candidate, to fire Ruszkowski following a police shooting over the summer. The city’s recent promotion of officer David Johnson, Buttigieg’s South Bend critics says, is yet another example of the mayor’s failure to adequately address troubling race relations in the city he governs.
“This is why people in the black community have issues with police, because of these kinds of things,” Black Lives Matter activist Jorden Giger said. Giger is also a co-leader of Our Revolution South Bend and Michiana, which supports Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for president.
It seems there are plenty of cases about Pete and his racist past. And investigative journalist Paul Sperry tweeted that Former major Pete Buttigieg will now face a lawsuit over alleged racist policing in South Bend.
https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1227824739621724160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1227824739621724160&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativeus.com%2Fdeveloping-black-leader-suing-former-mayor-pete-buttigieg-over-alleged-racist-policing-in-south-bend%2F
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And then send in the lions to eat whomever is left.
Maybe it’s time to bring back Bug-eyed Booker or Heels-up Harris.
Or both.
Hillary/Mooch 2020
This is fun. Now you have Dems accusing each other of being racist against blacks for political advantage to sway the black vote. Looks like the only one not racist will be their opponent Trump. What comes around goes around
Joe Biden calls in Corn Pop to deal with Mayor Pete.
Bloomberg and Butt-man should debate each other’s racism!
Is Bloomberg financing this?
The DumcRATS don’t want a Bootyb*tch and Bernie ticket... They want a Bloomberg and Warren, or Hillary ticket.
The only problem... DemocRATs get to vote for their leadership... It’s that pesky thing called ‘Democracy’, but leave to them to gerrymander some kind of rule change. From now on only billionaires can run. They know what’s best for the rest of us.
Mainstream Media blackout on this?
What I want to know is why was Sarah Palin, a mayor of a low crime, low unemployment town unqualified for Vice President, but some gay wife of a guy who is mayor of a failire of a town South Bend with high unemployment, & high crimeis considered a golden boy for President?
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