{"id":1850581,"date":"2023-02-17T08:34:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T13:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1850581"},"modified":"2023-02-17T08:35:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T13:35:53","slug":"why-is-pete-buttigieg-allowed-to-keep-failing-upward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-is-pete-buttigieg-allowed-to-keep-failing-upward\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Pete Buttigieg Allowed To Keep Failing Upward?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-is-pete-buttigieg-allowed-to-keep-failing-upward%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1850581&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>The average person can\u2019t describe the daily responsibilities of the secretary of transportation or even name the figure who holds that position \u2014 until our transportation infrastructure fails, that is. As far as cushy political appointments go, it\u2019s on the thankless end of the spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>That was at least the case prior to Pete Buttigieg&#8217;s elevation to the position in 2021. Now the secretary of transportation is both a political celebrity and someone immune to meaningful criticism over our country\u2019s transportation failures \u2014 and there have been many.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although the left is not afraid to make a statement, it rarely misses an opportunity. \u201cthe adults are back in charge,\u201d Buttigieg\u2019s failures suggest otherwise. One of his highlights at the Department of Transportation is a supply-chain crisis <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/15\/secretary-buttigieg-stays-on-paternity-leave-amid-supply-chain-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Punctuated<\/a> Fly system for personal leave <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/transportation\/aviation\/3851098-senators-call-out-buttigieg-at-southwest-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disru<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/transportation\/aviation\/3851098-senators-call-out-buttigieg-at-southwest-hearing\/\">Ptions<\/a> It stranded millions and temporarily grounded all U.S. flight. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/15\/pete-buttigieg-took-a-vacation-to-portugal-as-rail-strike-loomed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rail strikes<\/a>A series of horrendous trains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/more-dozen-trains-have-derailed-us-this-year-1780952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">derailments<\/a>. People on Main Street get fired for far less.<\/p>\n<p>As mayor of a, he was rescued from the obscurity. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/dispatch\/what-pete-buttigieg-has-and-hasnt-done-about-homelessness-in-south-bend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Having trouble<\/a> Rust Belt, Buttigieg made it to the top of the Democratic presidential candidate list in 2020. He won the Iowa caucuses. Biden awarded the cabinet post to Buttigieg, who views him as a future party star. It defies logic.<\/p>\n<p>Leftist dogma is able to fill in the gaps when logic fails. Buttigieg continues to monitor the situation. \u201cfirst gay ___\u201d Box as high as he can climb the ladder. It is a powerful tool in his arsenal, as the Democratic Party currently selects and rejects candidates based on such identity trivialities. His meteoric rise in politics must be viewed from the perspective of identity factors. Next time someone confesses to being a 2020 Buttigieg fan, ask them sharp questions. It is an instructional exercise in today\u2019s political environment.<\/p>\n<p>As critical a role as identity plays in the Buttigieg story, it can\u2019t explain everything. A lot of people check valuable identity boxes, but they don\u2019t win golden tickets to the heights of American political power. Biden isn\u2019t the only powerful figure to whom Buttigieg has endeared himself. <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2019\/04\/pete-buttigieg-2020-presidential-campaign.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Axelrod<\/a> He is his advocate. MSNBC\u2019s Joe Scarborough <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/444523-scarborough-calls-buttigieg-the-future-of-the-democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hailed<\/a> him as \u201cthe future of the Democratic Party.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Even Silicon Valley has recognized the genius of the secretary. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/michelatindera\/2019\/12\/21\/here-are-the-billionaires-backing-pete-buttigiegs-presidential-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donor<\/a> circles. Indeed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2019\/5\/7\/18527646\/pete-buttigieg-silicon-valley-donors-mark-zuckerberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> Officially \u201cdiscovered\u201d During his 2017 cross country tour. Both attended Harvard simultaneously. <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5705995\/zuckerberg-buttigieg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buttigieg<\/a> was friends with two of Zuckerberg\u2019s roommates and counted among the first 300 Facebook users. This is a great feat for a mayor in a small town.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this demands more than eye-rolling, as Buttigieg\u2019s powerful allies would rather see his coronation sooner rather than later. Washington isn\u2019t a town of accidental events or subtlety. Recent events have shown this to be true. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/06\/us\/politics\/kamala-harris-vice-presidenct-legacy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reports<\/a> of Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s uncertain political future leave little doubt that some kind of seismic activity is occurring within the administration. Harris cannot be replaced because the Democratic Party is bound to its identity dogma. \u201cfirst.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg was a Vice President, and he had only an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2019\/dec\/12\/pete-buttigieg\/fact-checking-pete-buttigieg-south-bends-black-pov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unremarkable<\/a> tenure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are deluding ourselves if we don\u2019t believe powerful figures are artificially propping up Pete Buttigieg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":619,"featured_media":1850584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4130,4943,3766,8633,16390],"class_list":["post-1850581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-allowed","tag-buttigieg","tag-failing","tag-pete","tag-upward"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1850581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/619"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1850581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1850581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1850584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1850581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1850581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1850581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}