Pete Buttigieg calls Pence 'at best complicit' with resurgence of white nationalism

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/27/pete-buttigieg-pence-white-nationalism-1239035



Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday that Vice President Mike Pence is "at best complicit" in the resurgence of white nationalist groups in the wake of President Donald Trump's election.

Asked about his fellow Hoosier — Pence is the former governor of Indiana — on Buzzfeed News’s online show “AM to DM,” Buttigieg said the vice president has been “consistently horrible” and said Americans face a danger of the continued radicalization with “what seems at best to be a level of negligence, if not encouragement, coming from the highest office in the land.”

“I think the moment you come on board with a project like the Trump campaign or the Trump-Pence administration, you are at best complicit in the process that has given cover for the flourishing and the resurgence of white nationalism in our midst,” Buttigieg said.

“It’s an obligation for anyone in a position of authority or power — or even just visibility — to speak out about why it’s wrong, why it’s not consistent with American values and why if we really want to talk about safety and security, that has less to do about putting up a wall from sea to shining sea than making sure that people are not continuing to be radicalized into violent white nationalism,” the mayor said during the interview.

[Blue_true]

1. On target again.

The guy really impresses me. He speaks clearly and accurately on societal problems.

White nationalism has masked itself under the disguise of devout religion in it's modern guise. They make it hard to go after them without it seeming to be an attack on religion to those that are not paying close attention.

[USALiberal]

2. Great comments. Nt

[JoeOtterbein]

3. I'm still undecided but I admit he reminds me that...

...we must be morally correct in our policy decisions. Anyway, Mayor Pete is doing great so far!

[murielm99]

4. He seems perfect.

What does the sticker on his sweater say?

[Luciferous]

5. It's a campaign sticker for Belge- she was running in a special election in SC.

[murielm99]

6. Thank you.

I can't endorse him yet. There are still a few things that bother me.