Buttigieg 2020
Related: About this forummurielm99
(31,411 posts)But he might be finished.
CaliforniaPeggy
(151,918 posts)This is his baptism by fire, and he's doing the best he can to help South Bend and all the wounded people who live there.
It looks bad right now because we're in the thick of it, but give it time, and it will assume its proper place in his history.
MBS
(9,688 posts)murielm99
(31,411 posts)I will accept that. I will vote for a yellow dog before I vote for an orange madman.
MBS
(9,688 posts)a little more complex than the usual soundbites
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/23/us/politics/buttigieg-south-bend-shooting.html?
Oliver Davis, a black member of the South Bend City Council who has been a sharp critic of Mr. Buttigieg on policing matters, paused a long time during a telephone interview on Sunday when asked if the mayor showed empathy. If he cries and sheds tears then people say hes weak, he said. If he doesnt shed a tear people say hes cold. If he gets angry people say hes out of control. If he has a flat face and doesnt say anything, people say he doesnt feel our pain. Mr. Davis said he admired the mayor for wading into a crowd of protesters and Mr. Logans grieving relatives on Friday night. Very few people could have withstood what he went through without completely losing it, he said.
Lwan Easton, an African-American resident of South Bend who attended the meeting on Sunday, said he was generally pleased with Mr. Buttigiegs performance as mayor. But while parts of the city have indeed improved, Mr. Easton said the mayor had struggled connecting with black people and needs to step up his game with community interaction.This is a defining moment for him, Mr. Easton said. I believe that he can probably figure this out.
Toward the end of the meeting, Verma Blackman, an African-American resident, spoke about her questions about Mr. Logans death, about how he was transported to the hospital in a police car rather than an ambulance, about her frustration that the body camera her tax money helped buy was not turned on. And she told the mayor that her young grandson was scared of his citys police officers. Im doing everything I know how to fix it, Mr. Buttigieg told her.
As she left the high school, Ms. Blackman said she was pleased with the mayors response.
Im a big fan of Mayor Pete: he answered it and didnt tiptoe around it, Ms. Blackman said. Thats what I wanted: I wanted him to respond to our cries. Because were crying.
murielm99
(31,411 posts)are the majority, or they become the majority.
There are some ways to fix this. Policy changes must be made. Heads must roll if these policies are ignored.
A man has died. That is the first thing to remember.
MBS
(9,688 posts)Maureen McFadden, described in this twitter feed as the "Walter Cronkite" of South Bend TV news, recently retired after 40 years of TV broadcasting.
Her opening tweet:
Dont let the malcontents sway you. I am twice @PeteButtigieg age and spent my entire life in South Bend and worked 40 years in media. He has done more to try and mend our community than anyone I remember.
Many thoughtful comments follow, by McFadden and other South Benders, including members of the black community.
https://mobile.twitter.com/mmcfaddentv/status/1142379058099097600