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More Calls for Mayor Pete’s Resignation
The Washington Free Beacon ^ | July 1,2019 | Nic Rowan

Posted on 07/01/2019 8:53:55 AM PDT by Hojczyk

Six shootings occurred the weekend of his town hall. In one instance, a witness reported that the shooter was aiming specifically at police. "To start with trying to heal, the mayor just needs to resign," activist and pastor Mario Sims told the Washington Free Beacon, adding that Buttigieg should demote Police Chief Scott Ruszkowski to cleanse the department of bad blood.

Sims also added that he believes Buttigieg is racially "tone-deaf" and should consider retiring from politics until he has "spent some time evaluating this."

"I understand political ambition, I understand that," Sims said. "But you're playing games with the lives of the people here, and innocent police officers."

Sims has clashed with Buttigieg in the past, speaking out against the mayor's decision to demote Boykins. That decision, coupled with Buttigieg's lack of transparency following it, Sims said, has opened a rift between South Bend's police and its black communities that disqualifies Buttigieg from political legitimacy.

"Right now there's no way he can stand on the stage and honestly talk about the issues pressing this country when he can't even successfully address the dire issues of race, lack of diversity, and poverty, not to mention the homeless issue in this city," Sims said. "If you can't even address those issues in a city of 100,000, my God, how can you address those issues in 50 states?"

Former president of South Bend's Board of Public Safety Pat Cottrell also told the Free Beacon that Buttigieg should resign and that the mayor should "definitely not" be running for president after this latest incident.

Cottrell said that in addition to Buttigieg’s checkered record on racial issues, the mayor has been a poor administrator when faced with internal disagreements in city government.

"Pete is a fraud," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: 2020; boykins; buttgiggity; buttigieg; darrylboykins; indiana; mariosims; mayorpete; mikepence; patcottrell; petebuttigieg; scottruszkowski; southbend
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1 posted on 07/01/2019 8:53:55 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Maybe mayor Pete should spend more time in his city, doing the job he was elected to do.

How much time does he spend in his city doing his day job? Or is he absent much of the time as he runs for president?


2 posted on 07/01/2019 8:56:33 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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I honestly think nothing would go farther in driving black and Hispanic voters toward Trump that if the Democrats forced Buttplug down their throats. Their are a lot of blacks and Hispanics (especially the men) who would simply NOT vote for gay man under any circumstances.
3 posted on 07/01/2019 8:57:22 AM PDT by apillar
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To: Hojczyk

Sounds like South Bend needs a law-and-order Mayor.


4 posted on 07/01/2019 8:57:23 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Hojczyk

Mayor of South Bend-Over.


5 posted on 07/01/2019 8:59:44 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Hojczyk

Even antifa realizes how much mayor peter sucks.

6 posted on 07/01/2019 8:59:49 AM PDT by chief lee runamok (expect nothing)
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To: Hojczyk

His homosexuality is a qualification that trumps all others combined. And negates any of his failings as an administrator.

Does it negate the race card being played against him? Don’t know. It will be interesting, a clash of liberal identity politics.


7 posted on 07/01/2019 8:59:54 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: BenLurkin

Or just a mayor that shows up......


8 posted on 07/01/2019 9:00:08 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Hojczyk

So the bottom line is that Mayor Bootyplug is an aspiring Rahm Emanuel...?


9 posted on 07/01/2019 9:00:24 AM PDT by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: Hojczyk
activist and pastor

is almost without exception a bad combination. And he's ranting about "race" and "sensitivity" … He and Buttgeek deserve each other.

10 posted on 07/01/2019 9:00:49 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Hojczyk

HOORAY Mario Sims! Some pushback from a pastor.


11 posted on 07/01/2019 9:01:12 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: NorthMountain

Any church that has an activist for a pastor, needs the hell taxed out of them.


12 posted on 07/01/2019 9:01:30 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Hojczyk

“Pete is a fraud,” he said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hey, we knew that.
Why didn’t everybody else?

Oh, yeah, the Ministry of Propaganda propping up their symbols of celebrating perversity.


13 posted on 07/01/2019 9:02:16 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Hojczyk

Buttplug would make a perfect running mate for Biden, sniff that one slow Joe.


14 posted on 07/01/2019 9:03:38 AM PDT by Beagle8U (It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
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To: Hojczyk

Considering the crisis the town is in, he either needs to resign the mayorship and allow someone who can devote full time to the job- or quit his campaign and head back home himself to show leadership.


15 posted on 07/01/2019 9:04:00 AM PDT by I_Like_Spam
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To: apillar

“nothing would go farther in driving black and Hispanic voters toward Trump that if the Democrats forced Buttplug down their throats.”

Don’t forget the southern evangelicals. Some of them clutch on to their old-time Rat roots and have found it hard to let go their party. This would do it.


16 posted on 07/01/2019 9:05:09 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Worry ends where faith begins.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The Fairy King is getting hits like this in the DNC dominated media? Weird.

17 posted on 07/01/2019 9:05:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BenLurkin

South Bend needs the National Guard.


18 posted on 07/01/2019 9:05:39 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds,)
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To: Hojczyk

Let’s see, Mayor Pete has put forth basically two reasons for his candidacy:

1. I’m a tough guy because I served in Afghanistan (this is kind of like John I served in Vietnam Kerry).

After watching his performance during the South Bend town hall I think we can put this one to rest. Mr. Tough guy was almost in tears.

2. America needs a mayor/executive to run the Federal Executive branch.

Well, he seems to have all kind of problems running the (something like 298th) largest city. Perhaps he should get his house in order first.

Other than I want to be President just because, I don’t see a reason for his candidacy now.


19 posted on 07/01/2019 9:07:11 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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I’m all in for anything that gives democrats grief.


20 posted on 07/01/2019 9:08:58 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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