August 16, 2019 Buttigieg offers most controversial statement yet on campaign trail: Get rid of the DH South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who's spoken in favor of workers' rights in his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, raised eyebrows Friday after reportedly championing an economic system that forces some workers to perform additional duties they're not trained for while realistically denying a job to other skilled laborers -- Yes, "Mayor Pete" supports Major League Baseball's National League-style of play.
August 14, 2019 Buttigieg reportedly helped create a phone tree to alert families about ICE raids South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg reportedly helped create an alert system that would notify families if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided his residents' homes or businesses.
August 14, 2019 Democrats reaching out to religious voters: 'I never hear any of that from Republicans' Democrats are not ceding the religious vote to Republicans.
August 13, 2019 Pete Buttigieg's question to woman who shook RFK's hand takes awkward turn Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg had an awkward campaign trail encounter Tuesday with a woman in Iowa who told him she once met the late-Robert F. Kennedy.
August 13, 2019 South Bend cops warn city becoming ‘Wild West’ amid spate of shootings, rift with Buttigieg As Mayor Pete Buttigieg was hitting the presidential campaign trail in Iowa last weekend, back home in South Bend, Ind., the city was plagued by a spate of shootings – with police officers warning of plummeting morale and a worsening situation on the ground.
August 9, 2019 Pete Buttigieg: 'Systemic racism is a white problem' Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said Thursday “systemic racism is a white problem,” adding that the United States isn’t “even halfway done dealing with” it.
August 6, 2019 Biden says he's coming for assault weapons, as 2020 Dems urge new ban in wake of shootings The horrific mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton that left 31 people dead and dozens more injured have thrust the issue of gun violence into the center of the 2020 presidential campaign -- with calls growing louder in the Democratic field for the return of an assault-weapons ban.
July 31, 2019 Meghan McCain: Pete Buttigieg's socialism comment was 'just ridiculous' During Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg claimed Republicans will try to paint they party's nominee as a radical socialist even if they have a moderate track record. This drew the ire of "The View" co-host Meghan McCain who called his comments absurd.
July 31, 2019 Pete Buttigieg pushes back on GOP critics: They're saying Americans are a 'bunch of crazy socialists' South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg scoffed Wednesday at Republicans who continually call Democrats "socialists."
July 31, 2019 Pete Buttigieg uses Bible verse to slam 'so-called conservative Christian' Republicans during debate South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg blasted "so-called conservative Christian Senators" for opposing the minimum wage as Democrats tried to take the moral high ground during the first night of the second round of Democratic presidential debates.