Pete Buttigieg Makes GOP Nightmares Real By Equating A Vote For Trump To Racism

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https://www.politicususa.com/2019/08/18/buttigieg-vote-trump-racism.html

Posted on Sun, Aug 18th, 2019 by Jason Easley
Pete Buttigieg Makes GOP Nightmares Real By Equating A Vote For Trump To Racism
Pete Buttigieg made a clear argument that people who vote for Trump are looking the other way on racism.

Pete Buttigieg: A Vote For Trump Is Looking The Other Way On Racism

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Transcript via CNN State Of The Union:

TAPPER: You told me on the show two weeks ago that you believe President Trump is a white nationalist.

Given that, do you think that it’s a racist act to cast a vote for President Trump in 2020?

BUTTIGIEG: Well, at best, it means looking the other way on racism.

But I think a lot of people are wondering what kind of deal even that is supposed to be.

You know you look at what he said in that rally, “You have got no choice but to vote for me.”

And if you look at the numbers, basically, what he’s saying is, all right, I want you to look the other way on the racism, tolerate the negativity, accept the instability of my administration, because I am going to deliver for you job growth almost as good as the Obama years.

That’s what his argument amounts to right now. And it’s part of the reason why he’s unpopular.

The argument that Buttigieg made is the one that keeps Republican strategists awake at night. Trump has no chance of winning votes outside of his base of support if a vote for Trump means a vote for turning a blind eye to racism.

Buttigieg didn’t call Trump supporters racists. He attached a meaning to a vote for Trump and by extension the Republican Party that Republicans don’t want to have in the minds of voters. Trump’s supporters are going to stick with him no matter what, but it is suburban Republicans in swing and red states that Republicans have to have who are going to be swayed by the argument that voting for Trump equals a vote to enable racism.

A vote for Trump is giving the country four more years of racism is the last thing that Republicans want voters to think as they cast their ballots in 2020.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Tying Trump and RACISM together is a smart move.

Anyone blind to this, ignorance is no excuse. For a vote for Trump is a vote to normalize HATE.

End of story.

[paleotn]

6. Indeed.

3 years into this nightmare, no one has any excuse. A vote for him is no different than a vote for David Duke and the voter cannot be describe as anything but a racist. Period. End of story.

[SharonClark]

2. I watched a little bit of a CSPAN call-in program this morning

and all the callers were pissed that 'liberals' call them racist for supporting Trump and they aren't going to be quiet about it anymore.

I guess chanting 'send her back' is being quiet.

[NewDayOranges]

15. These Trump supporters that are complaining about being called racists

aren't going to vote for a Dem anyway! PHUCK these racists and PHUCK their PHEELINGS...

[Garrett78]

17. The same people who have been yelling loudly for a decade that Obama is a Kenyan-born Muslim.

And yelling loudly about how they're going to "take back America" (to the time of slavery or at least Jim Crow).

Yeah, they're not racist and they're not going to be quiet one minute longer dammit. Good grief.

[MustLoveBeagles]

29. Who are they trying to kid?

all the callers were pissed that 'liberals' call them racist for supporting Trump and they aren't going to be quiet about it anymore.

Since when have they been quiet about anything?

[murielm99]

3. K&R

[AlexSFCA]

4. only racists will vote for trump in 2020 regardless of race

it’s the easiest litmus test for racism

[ProudMNDemocrat]

32. How about the Women For Trump???

What do we call them????

Racist Witches with a B ????

[Harker]

5. I'm left wondering how many existing racists are being validated

and how many new ones are being created.

Trumpsky is giving great value to both his foreign and his domestic handlers.

[paleotn]

7. No more mollycoddling.....

No more media double speak. Tell it like it is, Pete.

[Mr.Bill]

8. I'm worried this will have the opposite effect.

These people are proud of their racism, and Trump only makes it legitimate for them and emboldens them.

[Harker]

9. At least we'll see who's who.

And many racists are too short-sighted to see that they'll be tainted for life.

These people need to own the horrors to which they subject us all.

[Mr.Bill]

10. I think it's great that they

wear red hats so we can see who they are.

[Harker]

11. I'd sooner they switch to armbands...

My innocent red hats suffer by false association.

[onetexan]

22. Theyre a hopeless lot. Why worry?

We should be getting the message to independents & sensible GOP who wont stand for racism/white supremacy. Mayor Pete is doing a darn good job getting that message across in clear terms.

[defacto7]

12. Pete answers questions with the utmost awareness

that the questions posed could be answered in a way that could create negative fallout. He always chooses the honest and best answer never falling for the bait. This is another example.

[MBS]

14. + 100

It's one of his key talents - one that is vital to success i the general election.

[bluecollar2]

13. A vote for any current GOP candidate is by default

A tacit agreement to turn a blind eye to racism.

Has been for the last 30 years. Only difference today is that Trump opened the blinds.

[Kurt V.]

16. i think buttigieg has the best messaging of all the candidates

[Garrett78]

20. I would agree, though I haven't followed anyone super closely.

Buttigieg's argument that we need major structural reform is such an obvious but little-discussed topic. Ezra Klein wrote a good piece based on what Mayor Pete said on that subject. But structural reform gets lost in the shuffle. Our system is broken beyond repair. We continue to go through the motions, but it's one giant clusterfuck.

If the media and the electorate weren't so void of clear-mindedness, they would recognize how incredible it is that the longest-serving member in the history of Congress (not some wild-eyed leftist) argued for the abolishment of the US Senate. Not just abolishing the filibuster or some other procedure. The abolishment of the United States Senate. That should be Earth-shattering. What's more, Dingell was exactly right.

[Celerity]

30. +10000

[Garrett78]

18. Later in the segment, Tapper asked, "Mayor Pete, are you saying that water is wet?"

That members of the media ask these questions is beyond ridiculous. I'm reminded of the evolution-deniers or climate change deniers who want to "teach the controversy." As if there are 2 rational and opposing sides to the argument.

[zentrum]

19. Absolutely right.

[Stuart G]

21. If this becomes a major issue, and the country openly disscuses this, TRUMP IS DONE!!!!

If Trump responds, he is done. If he says, "I am not a racist" he is done, that is an obvious lie.
What if he doesn't respond. He will get the question again, and again, and again.

Why? simple: Trump is a racist. Other Democrats can now question Trump on racism.

Pete may have saved the country, and insured that Trump loses. (Jake Tapper initiated the conversation-- correction..)

Or, he may not run for re-election if this becomes the major issue....because.....Trump is a racist...and...most of us know it, but to make it an issue that people discuss in the news...Trump looses because....
......Trump is a racist.


......Each time he denies the truth, Trump lies for the whole nation to see..When he says, "I am not a racist" Trump becomes the laughing stock of the nation....that is 70 percent who know the truth, and can figure that out. The 30 percent who are true Trumpers forever and forever, will see that 30 percent is not enough to win an election. And they will find out the hard way, if Trump runs for reelection .........................

............after listening and watching to the video I found I made a mistake.......
I MUST ADMIT A MISTAKE IN THIS POST: JAKE TAPPER WHO INITIATED THE CONVERSATION. PETE RESPONDED. Jake has done a real service by initiating this conversation..!!!!!!

[onetexan]

23. The DNC should hammer the airwaves, social media, talk shows...

Get the message out verywhere, with footage of nazi victims and the horrors of WW2 nazism, and tie this horrific man to racism.

[Stuart G]

25. I agree with you completely Tie this man Trump, to racism.

Over and over and over and over. Again and again. And this is very important...Jake Tapper initiated this. It is not Pete, but Jake who may have saved this country. Trump cannot stand the truth that he is a "racist" He will not survive an open discussion on his obvious racism, anti immigrant behavior. And hatred.

[onetexan]

26. i wouldn't give Tapper that credit. Quite a large number of our Dems candidates have called out the

Idiot for his support of white supremacy. He made it clear what his stance was when he first ran in 2015. His rallies were full of atrocious racists seething with hate for people of color. Very few people and the media bothered to call him out for it. Since this Idiot's election it's been very clear with the violence, deaths and the significant increase in domestic terrorism associated with the Alt-right that he fully supports the hate by not calling them out.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. Your reasoning is impeccable! Thank you. n/t

[TomCADem]

27. Thank you Pete! Call out the scapegoating...

...for too long it has been easy for politicians to scapegoat and demonize immigrants as the source of ills for American workers. It is a good thing to both call out the racism and to point how racism is used to oppress the white working class as well as racial minorities.

[oasis]

28. Racist Trump Deplorables. nt

[PatrickforO]

31. He's darned right there. A vote for Trump IS a vote for

racism.

You're a Trump supporter, you might as well put the hood on.

[Capt. America]

33. Clearly at this point a vote for Dear Leader is a vote for racism, misogany, totalitarianism,

corruption, treason....I'm sure I missed 20 more negatives.