We’re all supposed to think Pete Buttigieg is among the most palatable of all the Democrats’ garbage POTUS candidates. Because unlike so many of the other hopefuls, he’s not an extremist. Moderate Mayor Pete.
Well, about that:
.@PeteButtigieg releases some policy proposals:
—Medicare option (not single payer)
—Debt-free public college
—Commission to propose reparations
—Equal Rights Amendment
—Repeal Hyde Amdmt
—Equality Act
—Green New Deal
—“Evaluate” ICE/CBP
—$15 wage
—Gun checks/assault weapons ban— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 17, 2019
Isn’t that nice?
— Ryan (@alwaysonoffense) May 17, 2019
But wait! There’s more:
In addition to supporting universal background checks, an "assault weapons" ban, and preventing people who are on the no-fly list from being able to buy guns, @PeteButtigieg also wants a "nationwide gun licensing system." pic.twitter.com/UoCrj649gH
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) May 17, 2019
So moderate, it hurts.
The moderate veneer wears off: @PeteButtigieg policy platform:
-Repeal Hyde Amendment
-Pathway to citizenship for immigrants
-Ban assault weapons
-Give DC a vote in the House
-Revive CFPB
-Implement a Green New Deal
-$15 minimum wagehttps://t.co/s4zbKgdeXh— Philip Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) May 17, 2019
It really is impressive how far left even the "moderate" Democrats have had to move.https://t.co/0KqWhL2WXY
— Charles Fain Lehman (@CharlesFLehman) May 17, 2019
Buttigieg's proposals — reparations, a Green New Deal, national popular vote — are straight out of the Democracy Alliance playbook cc @JoeSchoffstall@BrentScherhttps://t.co/q5KoBIJsA3
— Charles Fain Lehman (@CharlesFLehman) May 17, 2019
If someone had run on this platform four years ago, they would have been to the left of Bernie Sanders.
— Charles Fain Lehman (@CharlesFLehman) May 17, 2019
Heck, on reparations, Buttigieg's full-throated support is *still* to the left of Sanders.https://t.co/7LGTZ8e9tH
— Charles Fain Lehman (@CharlesFLehman) May 17, 2019
And with that, Mayor Pete takes himself out of the “moderate lane,” if such a thing existed. His membership was only ever tonal anyway. https://t.co/fVANBYGToj
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 17, 2019
He's been out of the 'moderate lane' since he announced. All he did now was write down what he's been saying for months.
— Tony Katz (@tonykatz) May 17, 2019
Mayor Pete is no moderate, and people shouldn't mistake him for one. He's as far left as everyone else in the field save Biden. https://t.co/27jmH6ZVJd
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) May 17, 2019
So he's basically Bernie but nice https://t.co/FgyKxoz3BP
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 17, 2019
It’s a bold strategy, Mayor Pete. Let’s see how it plays out for you.
It’s Joe Biden and, I guess, Steve Bullock competing for what looks like ~35-40% of the primary vote and 21 others dividing up the rest.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 17, 2019
This may be super appealing to the party activists but not so much to the regular blue collar Democrat voter.
— BillMemphis (@BillMemphis) May 17, 2019
This exactly what I thought reading it. Who is this supposed to appeal to other than people in media & Twitter?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 17, 2019
Welp, he just alienated a lot of people.
— Michael (@Sickenly13) May 17, 2019
And just like that? Poof! Mayor Pete tanks his own campaign.
— Tim Vasconcellos (@ScottNorlick) May 17, 2019
"and just like that, *poof* he was gone." pic.twitter.com/feMgCMrt8M
— Insufficient Tact (@InsufficientTkt) May 17, 2019