# Who is Pete Buttigieg? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 12, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032 "2019-03-12T21:59:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/501 "2019-07-22T19:56:11Z")
According to [Politico](https://www.politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-the-issues/pete-buttigieg/), Pete Buttigieg favors raising the minimum wage to $15/hr. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/502 "2019-07-22T20:10:10Z")
A Nashville radio host did an interview with Buttigieg, but his corporate masters refused to air it. > **[Nashville radio host blocked by employer from airing his interview with...](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/454077-nashville-radio-host-blocked-by-employer-from-airing-his-interview-with/)** > > Popular Nashville radio host Blair Garner said his employer, Cumulus Media, blocked him and other country music stations from airing his recent interview with 2020 Democratic presidential cand… ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/503 "2019-07-22T20:18:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A Nashville radio host did an interview with Buttigieg, but his corporate masters refused to air it. > [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/454077-nashville-radio-host-blocked-by-employer-from-airing-his-interview-with](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/454077-nashville-radio-host-blocked-by-employer-from-airing-his-interview-with) That’s not how that article read to me: > [@](#): > > “It’s important to Pete to reach voters everywhere, and we’ve made it a point on this campaign to go outside the traditional political media bubble- that’s why we reached out to Blair about an interview,” Buttigieg’s spokesman Chris Meagher told The Hill. “He has a big audience, and it’s an audience that doesn’t typically hear directly from Democratic candidates for president. It was a great discussion and we are obviously disappointed that Blair’s listeners won’t have the opportunity to hear it.” > > A spokesperson for Cumulus Media told HuffPost that the decision not to air the interview was made “because of the large number of political candidates currently in this race.” Is there more information than what’s in the article? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/504 "2019-07-22T21:01:33Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > That’s not how that article read to me: > > Is there more information than what’s in the article? Are you saying they didn’t refuse to air it? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/505 "2019-07-23T12:50:16Z")
Cumulus Media says - > [@](#): > > “The decision was made by local programming management based solely on concerns related to the application of the FCC’s Equal Time Rule,” the spokesperson said in a statement on Sunday, “The effects of the FCC’s Equal Time Rule are widely understood and considered whenever these types of issues arise.” It does not seem to me that Cumulus Media is Buttigieg’s “corporate master”. It’s one of the drawbacks of having dozens of candidates for the Democratic nomination. A two hour interview with Buttigieg turns into week’s worth of snoozefest programming with Biden/Warren/Sanders/Klobuchar droning on while those listeners still awake change the station to recordings of grass growing. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/506 "2019-07-23T14:57:29Z")
I’m sure he meant the disc jockey’s corporate masters. As far as them well understanding and considering the FCC’s Equal Time Rule: [Anderson Cooper’s Talk Show Is a News Program, FCC Rules](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/anderson-cooper-talk-show-269175) > [@](#): > > The government regulators have determined the talk show qualifies as news and is thus exempt from obligations to giving political candidates equal air time. This was for Anderson’s goofy daytime show. I haven’t listened to this Nashville guy’s radio program but if he regularly does interviews and talks about current events at all, he’s probably exempt. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/507 "2019-07-23T15:28:54Z")
The [promo](https://www.westwoodone.com/programming/music-entertainment/daily-shows/the-blair-garner-show/) for his show describes it as a mix of country music, celebrity interviews, and games. So it is not exactly a talk show, but if the owners of Cumulus Media wanted to argue that it was exempt from the Equal Time rule no doubt they would have a case. They apparently didn’t want to, or thought it didn’t match their market, or whatever. The idea that they wanted to silence Mayor Pete is open to question. They did put the interview on the DJ’s podcast, or whatever it was. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/508 "2019-07-23T15:48:47Z")
That decision is 8 years old. And in my linked article above: > [@](#): > > As the FCC’s ruling points out, the TV show Entertainment Tonight has also qualified as a bona fide newscast after the agency decided its “role is not to decide, by some qualitative analysis, whether one kind of news story is more bona fide than another.” I think we can safely say the corporate honchos just didn’t want to run it. ---
**Author:** ![Dongyang2016](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Dongyang2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dongyang2016)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/509 "2019-07-25T17:44:25Z")
Pete will be nominated Vice President. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/510 "2019-07-25T18:08:35Z")
> [@Dongyang2016](#): > > Pete will be nominated Vice President. I think his problems with the South Bend African American community may preclude that. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/511 "2019-07-25T20:54:05Z")
My Gaydaughter#1 dismisses him as a “gatekeeper” saying “Mayor Pete acts as if there’s only one way to be gay, and if you’re not a white, middle-aged gay man in a long term relationship, you’re a cry baby.” Her cite is to come. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/512 "2019-07-25T20:58:41Z")
The Buttigieg candidacy is a classic case in which he should have tested the waters of national politics before jumping into the big horse race. Maybe his fame will help him in a future congressional run. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/513 "2019-07-25T21:00:40Z")
Gaydaughter#1’s Citations: [Pete Buttigieg Thinks Chick-Fil-A Boycotters Are "Virtue Signaling"](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/henrygomez/pete-buttigieg-chick-fil-a-gaydar) [Pete Buttigieg's Chick-fil-A remarks draw reaction from LGBTQ community](https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/pete-buttigieg-s-chick-fil-remarks-draw-reaction-lgbtq-community-n988216) ---
**Author:** ![pjacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@pjacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjacks)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/514 "2019-07-25T21:29:18Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Gaydaughter#1’s Citations: > [Pete Buttigieg Thinks Chick-Fil-A Boycotters Are "Virtue Signaling"](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/henrygomez/pete-buttigieg-chick-fil-a-gaydar) > [Pete Buttigieg's Chick-fil-A remarks draw reaction from LGBTQ community](https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/pete-buttigieg-s-chick-fil-remarks-draw-reaction-lgbtq-community-n988216) I’m gay, and this is the kind of sanctimonious, hypocritical virtue-signaling bullshit that I abhor. Our government literally sends money to countries that execute gay people. US pop stars who fashion themselves as woke feminist allies go overseas to perform for these same murderous dictators, and they still remain gay icons. Other corporations have donated billions to the Republican party and suffer no backlash. But Chick-fil-A became the target of callout culture because someone somewhere decided to get the ball rolling by making it the subject of that day’s Internet Outrage. Mayor Pete is completely right. Here is someone else who agrees: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sO-msplukrw/maxresdefault.jpg "Chow Down (at Chick-fil-A)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO-msplukrw) I of course would never eat at Chick-fil-A. Because it’s nasty, greasy fast food, and not because of some political donations they may have made in the past. There are worst companies in the world that are worthy of boycott. Tech companies like Twitter, Google and Facebook for example, who have used surveillance capitalism to completely destroy our political processess and long-standing social institutions. But taking those on is hard. It’s much easier to boycott a regional fast food chain, and you’ll get so many likes and retweets on social media! Unfortunately, Pete will never win the nomination. Despite all their wokeness, the hardcore left will never accept a white man who does not act outwardly gay, lives a normal monogamous life, and doesn’t speak endlessly about being oppressed ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/515 "2019-07-25T21:30:07Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > The Buttigieg candidacy is a classic case in which he should have tested the waters of national politics before jumping into the big horse race. Maybe his fame will help him in a future congressional run. What better way is there to “test the waters of national politics” than running for President? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/516 "2019-07-25T21:33:04Z")
(Shrug) Tell my daughter. I’m staying out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Dongyang2016](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Dongyang2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dongyang2016)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/517 "2019-07-26T05:02:45Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > The Buttigieg candidacy is a classic case in which he should have tested the waters of national politics before jumping into the big horse race. Maybe his fame will help him in a future congressional run. Problem is that because of his sexuality he would probably not be elected to a higher office in Indiana which is a conservative state. He wouldn’t be elected Governor or US Senator. Maybe a US Representative if that. He is getting a lot of fame from his quixotic run, which I think is why he is doing this. I think a lot of them know they have no chance in hell but there is a payoff and a reward, if nothing else but name recognition. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/518 "2019-07-26T07:48:12Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > My Gaydaughter#1 dismisses him as a “gatekeeper” saying “Mayor Pete acts as if there’s only one way to be gay, and if you’re not a white, middle-aged gay man in a long term relationship, you’re a cry baby.” Her cite is to come. I certainly intend no disrespect for your daughter, but only disagreement with that statement, especially if her reasons for seeing it that way were motivated by his very savvy comment regarding Chik-Fil-A: > [@](#): > > Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, said he does not approve of Chick-fil-A’s politics, but “kind of” approves of its chicken. > > “Maybe if nothing else, I can build that bridge,” the openly gay 2020 presidential hopeful said on the syndicated radio show, “The Breakfast Club” on Tuesday. “Maybe I’ll become in a position to broker that peace deal.” He’s doing exactly the right thing. He’s responding to what is ultimately a very small-time, inconsequential issue, with a good natured and still dryly humorous answer. This is how to win votes, instead of shitting all over a very popular restaurant and all of its customers by extension with some feigned outrage making them out to be the Westboro Baptist Church to pander to all-or-nothing purity liberals. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/519 "2019-07-26T12:04:45Z")
> [@Dongyang2016](#): > > Problem is that because of his sexuality he would probably not be elected to a higher office in Indiana which is a conservative state. He wouldn’t be elected Governor or US Senator. Maybe a US Representative if that. Are there any House districts in Indiana where Democrats have a shot but are not basically reserved for the Congressional Black Caucus? I think he may be a very talented politician who is tragically stuck in the wrong state. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/520 "2019-07-26T15:32:06Z")
> [@Dongyang2016](#): > > Problem is that because of his sexuality he would probably not be elected to a higher office in Indiana which is a conservative state. He wouldn’t be elected Governor or US Senator. Maybe a US Representative if that. > > He is getting a lot of fame from his quixotic run, which I think is why he is doing this. I think a lot of them know they have no chance in hell but there is a payoff and a reward, if nothing else but name recognition. I agree that running for statewide office in Indiana would be tough for Mayor Pete, but he can always move to another state like Illinois. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032.md?page=27)