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How Pete Buttigieg could hurt Trump in the Rust Belt
NY Post ^ | April 6, 2019 | salena zito

Posted on 04/08/2019 10:24:20 PM PDT by aquila48

Pete Buttigieg is many things.

At just 37, he is the mayor of South Bend, Indiana. He is a military veteran and a deeply religious gay man who is married but also enjoys sandwiches from (anti-gay marriage) Chick-fil-A. He is a Harvard-educated Rhodes scholar who speaks eight languages. He is the first-ever millennial candidate for president and, so far, the only Democratic hopeful to appear on the “Fox News Sunday” show.

“I’m all of those things,” said Buttigieg — pronounced “Boot-edge-edge” — in an interview with The Post. But “I try not to have any kind of attribute … be totally defining.”

Critics say these attributes are the very reasons why he can’t beat Donald Trump. His supporters say they are the very reasons he can.

Mayor Pete, as he likes to be called, strikes a tone that is kinder and less combative than the insult-driven politics of Trump and the Democratic Party’s far-left members. His boyish good looks, intelligence and military background are undoubtedly appealing, as is his faith.

“Scripture tells us to look after the least among us, that it also counsels humility and teaches us about what’s bigger than ourselves,” said Buttigieg, a devout Episcopalian. “It points the way toward an inclusive and unselfish politics that I strive to practice, whether I’m talking about my faith on the stump or not.”

Mayor Pete’s politics are already gaining traction. Since launching his exploratory committee to run for president on Jan. 23, Buttigieg has already raised $7 million for his campaign. A recent Quinnipiac poll found that 4 percent of Democrats would vote for him — the same number that supports Elizabeth Warren, who has been a US senator for six years.

The fact he is born and bred in the American Rust Belt is possibly his biggest asset.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Indiana; US: Ohio; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2020; 2020demprimary; 2020swingstates; buttgag; buttigieg; gayvote; homosexualagenda; nevertrumpers; partisanmediashills; petebuttigieg; tds
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1 posted on 04/08/2019 10:24:21 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: aquila48

No because his city is a mess while he runs


2 posted on 04/08/2019 10:25:49 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: aquila48

The media is really in overdrive pushing this punk as The Great Gay Hope.


3 posted on 04/08/2019 10:26:45 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: aquila48; SkyPilot; Roman_War_Criminal; null and void

[ and a deeply religious gay man ]

And that absurdity right there shows there’s something seriously wrong in 1/2 of America.


4 posted on 04/08/2019 10:28:02 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: aquila48

NYC pretends they understand the Midwest.
Buttplug wouldn’t even take his home State


5 posted on 04/08/2019 10:30:54 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: aquila48

All those qualifications and he’s still a dipshit, commie clown with a last name that describes his sexual proclivities.


6 posted on 04/08/2019 10:31:45 PM PDT by mindburglar (Stupid is supposed to hurt. - Lurkers Granddad.)
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To: aquila48
Oh, yeah. Joe Six-Pack the factory worker and Jim Six-Pack the coal miner, they're going to fall over each other to support Buttigieg. Those guys just love Harvard-educated alternative-lifestyle folks.

Side note to Buttigieg: You are fond of quoting Scripture. You might want to be careful with that.

7 posted on 04/08/2019 10:32:41 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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He must be totally reprobate. /Captain Obvious

Welcome to the Bizarro World.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that...


8 posted on 04/08/2019 10:35:27 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: aquila48

Horsecrap. This guy is a nothing.


9 posted on 04/08/2019 10:36:49 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: Leaning Right

Especially Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13, for starters.


10 posted on 04/08/2019 10:38:36 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: aquila48

He’s the son of a communist, and he loves male buttholes.
He is mayor of a college town.


11 posted on 04/08/2019 10:39:21 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Nifster

Morons


12 posted on 04/08/2019 10:39:54 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: aquila48

Buttplug/Chickenpooper 2020

Because the demonrat party is that ****ed up.


13 posted on 04/08/2019 10:39:56 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Lil Debby Slobbercow is Michigan's NPC.)
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To: aquila48

Buttplug/Chickenpooper 2020

Because the demonrat party is that ****ed up.


14 posted on 04/08/2019 10:39:56 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Lil Debby Slobbercow is Michigan's NPC.)
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To: aquila48

19 years old on 9/11. He’s an immature butt-pirate, and doesn’t inspire respect.


15 posted on 04/08/2019 10:40:46 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Truthoverpower

New York Post? what the...


16 posted on 04/08/2019 10:40:51 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: aquila48

Setting everything else aside, he’s a Democrat so his politics are the height of selfishness.
He wouldn’t be a Dem if they weren’t.


17 posted on 04/08/2019 10:41:26 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: mindburglar

Butt-i-gig


18 posted on 04/08/2019 10:41:58 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: SaveFerris

Here’s the really weird thing. Buttigieg is probably the most normal person running on the Democrat side. Because you also have a fake Indian, a communist who honeymooned in Moscow, an Irishman who thinks he’s Hispanic, etc.

Bizarro World, indeed.


19 posted on 04/08/2019 10:42:42 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

You forgot the two whores. One who allegedly has the sex cult tattoo on her abdomen, and the other one who got her first two government positions with her legs in the air under Willie Brown...oh and another butt-pirate named “Spartacus”.


20 posted on 04/08/2019 10:46:00 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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