Buttigieg accuses Trump of terrorism

[crazytown]

To make us smaller, more divided and less free. To weaken us by distancing us from our own values through fear and anger. This is the function of terrorism.

@PeterButtigieg

After 9/11 we all said we were changed. That we were stronger and more united. That’s what “never forget” was about. Now, a president uses that dark day to incite his base against a member of Congress, as if for sport. As if we learned nothing that day about the workings of hate.

That day, some people did this: killed thousands of Americans in order to try to make us smaller, more divided and less free. To weaken us by distancing us from our own values through fear and anger. This is the function of terrorism.

I served overseas, at risk to my life, in the struggle against such terrorism. But it can only be fully defeated if we have leaders at home who defuse its capacity to sow hate—hate against Islam or against any number of “others.”

The president today made America smaller. It is not enough to condemn him; we must model something better.

The threats against the life of @IlhanMN make clear what is at stake if we fail to to do this, and to beat back hate in all all its forms.

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[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. K & R! Sing it!

[SMC22307]

2. His last name is misspelled. (n/t)

[crazytown]

3. Thanks nt

[SMC22307]

13. No prob...

I've got the spelling down but not so sure about the pronunciation.

[PatrickforO]

22. BUD with a long u, as in Buddha, then EDGE, EDGE.

Bud-edge-edge.

[SMC22307]

24. Thanks! I was close but for the...

second syllable.

[stonecutter357]

4. K&R

[cilla4progress]

5. I believe in

PETE!!!!

[Kitchari]

6. This is what we need more of

Clear, articulate denunciation in real time

[elleng]

7. Here we GO!

[BarbD]

8. Well said!!!

[MBS]

9. YES!!!

[dhill926]

10. fantastic response....

[EveHammond13]

11. he always knows the prefect thing to say

[femmedem]

12. What a leader sounds like!

Thanks for posting.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Pete is fearless and in control, unlike tRump.

His anger shines through every line. Yet, he doesn't lose his way.

We need this anger and this sense of control so badly. This is what I'd hoped for with Obama, but he couldn't or wouldn't manage it. He didn't want to be seen as the "angry black man."

Pete doesn't have those constraints. His anger is thoughtful and right on target.

I really respect him.

[AlexSFCA]

15. Love his clarity and eloquence

the way he presents every topic is that there is no good way to argue against it. Brilliant. Can’t wait to see him in debates.

[Initech]

16. I'm liking this guy more and more!

[Hortensis]

17. Lol, guessing Sanders is hating him more and more.

But good. Imo Buttigieg is worthy of respect and consideration, if not of adulation.

[Eyeball_Kid]

27. Please. Let's not get into imagining rivalries and petty arguments.

We're in search of charismatic leadership for the good of the entire nation. IMO, it's not the time to divide our majority into factions.

Buttigieg is showing all of us, including the Dem candidates, the way. No one has cornered the market on leadership.

[Hortensis]

31. Let's be real. Sanders is a special case off on the fringe

by his own choice. When he finally finishes this phase, he will once again reject his Democratic Party membership. That's because he regards Democrats at best as inadequate and unprincipled by definition. They all believe in advancing society by using the power of and serving the wishes of the giant, mainstream electorate.

It's important that voters realize Russia and the Republicans promote him for reason, and it's not because they're trying to help us.

But fortunately currently we have a lot of good, principled liberal Democrats running who are competent, share the liberal principles the Democratic Party, and, crucial to a democracy, play very well with others. The kind who Russia and the Republicans will be fighting ferociously to keep from becoming our next president.

[ancianita]

18. NOW we're talkin'!

[certainot]

20. maybe this will dampen limbaugh's 'support' for pete

he's been pushing 'mayor pete', maybe to boost him in the polling probably thinking it will help disrupt the primaries to have a gay candidate near the top who knows will turn off a lot of bigots, which by his projection are 90% of americans

[Blue_true]

32. Trump maxed out the bigots in 2016.

There is not much upside for republicans there.

[Karadeniz]

21. Re:Trumps tweet to Ilhan that we won't forget 9/11. He included photos of the attack.

Why didn't he include photos of the hundreds of Muslims dancing in the street? Or an audio of his immediate reaction, that now one of his buildings was the tallest in Manhattan? Or photos of the handful of people sheltering in his lobby, for which he applied for and received 9/11 funds intended for small businesses? I guess he forgot.

[lark]

23. I really like this guy so much!

So smart, such a great communicator, he's definitely shot up to the top 3 in my book - at this time. The race is very fluid at this point and the debates haven't even started nor the primaries, so lots and lots could change. I am really excited about the great field the Dems are generating, every one of them 1000 times better than drumpf at his very best.

[BigOleDummy]

25. Damn! This guy is

freaking REAL! Why cannot MORE on our side of the aisle talk straight like this? As one veteran to another I salute you Mr. Buttigieg! He's staying true to the oath that all who serve or served took, to protect and defend our Constitution. Again, why not MORE voices raised like his?

[Eyeball_Kid]

26. This is leadership. Pure and simple.

This is what we should expect from EVERY Democratic candidate. But Buttigieg leads the way.

Well done, Pete. And I don't mean that within the "performance" context. Buttigieg says what millions of us are thinking, and he says it efficiently and powerfully. He doesn't need a thousand words.

[Fritz Walter]

29. Agreed!

In order to prevail in 2020, we must lead, and Mayor Pete is rapidly emerging as a strong leader, focusing our attention on where we need to go, rather than where we’ve been, and where we seem to be now, i.e. the modern Dark Ages. Meanwhile, the drumpf-humpers and other sycophantic RepubliCONs are quite content to follow cadet bone spurs through the gates of Hell.

My preference for Corey Booker is strong, but not cast in stone. I’m even able to pronounce this candidate’s surname without trouble.

[Canoe52]

28. WOW! He's good, very good...

[Paladin]

30. K&R. Thank you, Mayor Pete.

[colorado_ufo]

33. I want to see him debate Trump

even more than I want to see the new Star Wars movie coming out in December!

[True Dough]

34. Donny can't hold Pete's jock strap

in a battle of wits or scruples. Buttigieg is an intellectual. Trump is a narcissistic clod.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

35. In his perverse and awful way, Trump has actually done Omar a favor - because now,

instead of continuing to slag her for her few inartful, ham-handed comments about AIPAC, her Democratic colleagues are sticking up for her. Maybe this has focused their attention back on who the real enemy is.

[Soxfan58]

36. Thats a debate I would like to see.

Lt. Pete vs Captain Bone Spurs.

[crazytown]

37. The nasty side of me would like to see

Lt. Pete vs Rev Pence. Trump could have a fatal stroke. ‘We can only pray’

[Soxfan58]

39. See the pences hosting

The Buttigiegs on inaugeration day at the VP residents

[ck4829]

38. K&R

[MFGsunny]

40. He keeps rising in my own evaluation metrics every time he chooses to speak.

PLUS,

he totally makes me proud of our American values with his keen responses in the civic square!