One of the most significant moments which radically altered the course of the 2016 US presidential election was when candidate Hillary Clinton self immolated with what was meant to be a throwaway quip:
Is identity politics failing? During a recent private fundraiser at San Francisco’s National LGBTQ Center for the Arts, two queer activists stood up to question Democratic Party candidate Pete Buttigieg.
Supporters of the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana proceeded to shout-down the female protesters, chanting “Buttigieg, Buttigieg!”
The activists were said to have been asking questions regarding Buttigieg’s husband, Chasten.
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With nearly all of the results in, Bernie Sanders has won the Democratic Party’s New Hampshire primary contest. Finishing second was Pete Buttigieg, and a surprise third place result from Amy Klobuchar.
Paul Mulshine
Star Ledger
KEENE, N.H. – Don’t tell the Democrats, but they are ignoring their best candidate for president.
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The Democrats really had a rough week. Trump’s impeachment acquittal rocked Capitol Hill, but the real blow to the Democratic Establishment came during the Iowa Caucuses primary contest – which quickly descended into electoral chaos after the party’s dodgy digital election App failed to record votes – part of a series of incidents which allowed centrist Pete Buttigieg to come from behind to challenge front-runner Bernie Sanders.
In a Democratic Party dominated by issues of racism and identity politics, this story has the potential to thwart Mayor Pete’s Cinderella story.
Ever since Pete Buttigieg announced As a candidate to become US President, he has been plagued with talk of being unpopular with black voters in America.
Can the left, right and center build successful coalitions? Some think it’s possible.
US Rep. and Democratic Party presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) joins Ron Paul’s Liberty Report to discuss the real resonance of her anti-war message among New Hampshire voters. But why is the corporate media and even her own party doing its best to make sure that her voice is not heard? How did she come to turn against US foreign interventionism, after enlisting in the military early in the 2000’s? Watch:
Patrick Henningsen
21st Century Wire
He was meant to be the the party’s Great White Hope. From the onset, it never really added up though. Now everyone can see why.
It’s amazing to think how the entire American media and political Establishment has been banging on ad nauseum for the last four years running, telling the public that the biggest threat to the integrity of their fragile western democracy and fleeting freedoms – was the Russians.
