Buttigieg Is a Master Manipulator, and He Doesn’t Deserve Our Votes.
A power-hungry sociopath took advantage of chaos, and we should all be disgusted.
What happened in the Iowa Caucus was and continues to be an absolute disgrace, and there’s no doubt in my mind that if what happened there had happened in a country like Bolivia or Venezuela, the United States would likely use it as an excuse to invade in the name of “spreading democracy”.
While Joe Biden’s downfall was probably one of the biggest takeaways from the Iowa caucus, the other is the serious threat of South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, not only to Bernie Sanders’ candidacy but democracy overall. To declare victory in Iowa with zero precincts reporting is not only absolutely appalling, but shows us the lengths that he and the Democratic Party are willing to go to stop Bernie Sanders. To do this in the midst of the chaos showed remarkable levels of manipulation, and remembering that he had gone to dinners discussing how to stop Bernie Sanders only infuriated me further.
Let me be clear: Bernie Sanders is the real winner of Iowa. Given the context of the voter turnout, his six thousand vote lead once all was said and done is significant. Not only that, Buttigieg only has a tenth of a percent of a pledged delegate more than…
