Current Events > #NeverPete: How Buttigieg has drawn the fury of the online left

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/16/politics/pete-buttigieg-online-neverpete/index.html

These narratives have persisted in spite of what his campaign points to as evidence to the contrary, including that Buttigieg has proposed plans to address those very issues such as a climate change plan to cut emissions to zero by 2050 and a proposal to address systemic racism that he calls the Douglass Plan.

Buttigieg supporters say the criticism has become unhinged, with some progressives eager to latch on to virtually any negative narrative about Buttigieg whether it is true or not.

There is no question: The youngest candidate in the 2020 presidential race, at age 37, isn't doing well with young Democratic voters. In the latest Quinnipiac poll, Buttigieg gets the support among just 2% of voters under 35

fascinating that the left is pulling another tactic to force voters into one candidate they want (2016 forcing hillary, anyone??)

He should play identity politics with them and shame them.
Why are they so against him?
Maybe they have issues with his sexuality?
I don't think they want him calling them out.

What a terrible fucking article. Granted, this is the same news station that did a segment all but saying Buttigieg is the next Obama.

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dolomedes posted...

2016 was not the left's fault. that was the democratic party.

much of the left in 2016 were united behind one candidate - let's not pretend otherwise.

by left i meant the DNC, sorry. they totally conspired to fuck over bernie.

he has drawn their fury by being a viable non-socialist candidate, end of story.

The REEEEEEEEE Hillarreeeeeee and REEEEEE biden people won't take any non-socialist, and will rage against them

darkphoenix181 posted...

He should play identity politics with them and shame them.
Why are they so against him?
Maybe they have issues with his sexuality?
I don't think they want him calling them out.

He's two-faced, for one.
https://mobile.twitter.com/PeteButtigieg/status/965396700511825920

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changing his mind on something he thought when he was in college, doesnt make him two faced

Zikten posted...

changing his mind on something he thought when he was in college, doesnt make him two faced

Garioshi posted...

He's two-faced, for one.
https://mobile.twitter.com/PeteButtigieg/status/965396700511825920

TIL people can never evolve and change their ideas.

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Zikten posted...

changing his mind on something he thought when he was in college, doesnt make him two faced

changing his mind on something he literally pledged himself to last year makes him two-faced

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Pete is a sack of shit. He's like a lifeless mannequin who has a nasty background and clearly favors the rich. Democrats better reject this guy before it is too late.

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mayo pete is garbage. simple as

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Pete is a trashcan of a candidate.

the video of a young kid asking him if he could stop taking campaign donations behind closed doors from rich people and Pete just fucking going No and then moving the fuck on told me all i need to know about the kind of person he is.

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Snickers_Pls posted...

by left i meant the DNC, sorry. they totally conspired to fuck over bernie.

Ah. So you have no idea what 'the left' is then.
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Sir Will posted...

Ah. So you have no idea what 'the left' is then.

*eyeroll*

Man this guy has started getting a huge push again lately, really obviously becoming the dem establishment candidate of choice after how badly Biden has done

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I think people are forgetting that the Democratic party has a fuckton of boomers and they fucking love guys like Pete Butt.

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>5 karma alt
>getting serious responses

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The left has no beef with the guys sexuality, we aren't republicans.

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Biden is 15 years behind the times in the best of moments, but I do think he genuinely believes the things he says (when they're coherent, at least). Buttigieg and his campaign feel deeply cynical in their willingness to toss aside personas and spit on left-wing ideas the moment it becomes beneficial to do so. One debate he's saying the American people don't want to see candidates fighting, we're all on the same side here; the next debate he comes out taking aim at Warren and Medicare for All.

I think Buttigieg would make a better president than Biden, but I worry about what he's willing to do to get there. You shouldn't trust a guy who's wanted to be president since he was 10, that's unhealthy.
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Gonna leave this here

https://twitter.com/teddyschleifer/status/1206670862356819968
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Antifar posted...

You shouldn't trust a guy who's wanted to be president since he was 10, that's unhealthy.

Yeah he's a goddamn weirdo.

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I wonder how many puns people made from his last name alone.

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https://twitter.com/Fishbones2017/status/1206678384698368005

Not surprising.
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Sir Will posted...

https://twitter.com/Fishbones2017/status/1206678384698368005

Not surprising.

Well changing healthcare is socialist and no one wants a fucking socialist! Pete 2020!

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I am somewhat uncomfortable with people who have been openly planning and dreaming of becoming president specifically. Because when you have that type of dream from an early age, it shows a certain entitlement and a lack of awareness because a kid can't possibly be aware of what the job truly entails. A person is supposed to grow out of it or decide AFTER they've served their community for years that they are ready and qualified and have a base of support. You're not supposed to model your life on that goal and jump at the first chance, well before you've done any ground work and try to warp from mayor to President while saying anything you need to say to gain support along the way.

That's why people are calling him creepy, manufactured, that he has no core beliefs, and saying that he seeks power for the sake of wielding it. That's not normal behavior. Doesn't mean he'd be a bad president per se, but it's a legit reason for pause if you see things that way.

You contrast this with a committed activist like Sanders, a wrong but consistent, long tenured, and well meaning person like Biden, or a public figure that's been saying the same things since Y2K like Warren and it's not a good contrast.

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Snickers_Pls posted...

by left i meant the DNC, sorry. they totally conspired to fuck over bernie.

how is the DNC "the left"?

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So now people dont like butt?

PlsGodDontBanMe posted...

Pete is a trashcan of a candidate.

the video of a young kid asking him if he could stop taking campaign donations behind closed doors from rich people and Pete just fucking going No and then moving the fuck on told me all i need to know about the kind of person he is.

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