{"id":1856654,"date":"2023-02-22T12:35:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T17:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1856654"},"modified":"2023-02-22T12:35:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T17:35:46","slug":"pete-buttigieg-takes-personal-time-in-midst-of-east-palestine-disaster-asks-if-he-can-snap-photo-of-reporter-who-dares-to-question-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-buttigieg-takes-personal-time-in-midst-of-east-palestine-disaster-asks-if-he-can-snap-photo-of-reporter-who-dares-to-question-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Buttigieg Takes \u2018Personal Time\u2019 In Midst Of East Palestine Disaster, Asks If He Can Snap Photo Of Reporter Who Dares To Question Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/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%2Fpete-buttigieg-takes-personal-time-in-midst-of-east-palestine-disaster-asks-if-he-can-snap-photo-of-reporter-who-dares-to-question-him%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=1856654&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>Transportation Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/pete-buttigieg-tries-to-spin-bipartisan-criticism-as-proof-congress-should-do-something-on-train-derailment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a> After refusing to answer questions regarding the ongoing catastrophe in East Palestine, Ohio, he allegedly snapped a photo a journalist from The Daily Caller News Foundation. &#8220;taking some personal time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/02\/21\/jennie-taer-pete-buttigieg-east-paletine-ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jennie Taer<\/a> Buttigieg, a Washington, D.C., resident, was contacted and he answered a number of questions regarding the matter. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/employees-say-derailed-train-had-failed-on-route-days-before-east-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">train derailment<\/a> and subsequent chemical fires \u2014 primarily what he might have to say to local residents who have concerns about the safety and quality of the air and water in their homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I asked Secretary Buttigieg about the crisis in East Palestine and I guess he didn&#8217;t like that so he took a pic of me. I&#8217;m just doing my job, sir,&#8221; Taer shared video of their brief encounter via Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Secretary Buttigieg asked me about the crisis in East Palestine. I think he didn\u2019t like it so he took a picture of me. Sir, Im just doing what I have to do. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DailyCaller<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HjKNgF25FJ\">pic.twitter.com\/HjKNgF25FJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JennieSTaer\/status\/1628190304284160001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi, how are you, Jennie Taer at The Daily Caller News Foundation,&#8221; As she approached the former South Bend mayor, she spoke. &#8220;What do you have to say to the folks in Ohio \u2014 East Palestine \u2014 who are suffering right now?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, I&#8217;d refer you to about a dozen interviews I&#8217;ve given today,&#8221; Buttigieg replied, adding, &#8220;And if you&#8217;d like to arrange a conversation you should reach out to our press office but I&#8217;m not going to have that conversation with you just walking on the street.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t have a message for them?&#8221; Taer pressed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do, and I&#8217;ve shared it with the press many times today and I&#8217;d refer you to those comments,&#8221; He said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Would you mind sharing it with us?&#8221; She was curious.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, I&#8217;m going to refer you to the comments that I made to the press because right now I&#8217;m taking some personal time and I&#8217;m walking down the street,&#8221; Buttigieg continued her obstructionist behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Taer persisted, asking the Transportation Secretary whether he planned to make a visit to East Palestine \u2013 and he said that he did intend to go, but then refused to give specifics when she asked when he might be making that trip.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll share that when I&#8217;m ready,&#8221; He said it, then he stopped and turned to face her. &#8220;Can I get a photo of you?&#8221; He asked.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Concha, Fox News commentator and Media and Politics columnist at The Hill, said that part of the problem was the failure of mainstream media to address it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is how elitists who are made uncomfortable act out. Amazing how few members of the press are commenting on this,&#8221; He said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is how elitists who find themselves in uncomfortable situations act out. It&#8217;s amazing to see how few members are commenting on it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0rROITxhFM\">https:\/\/t.co\/0rROITxhFM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeConchaTV\/status\/1628412604208095232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2023<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg reportedly snapped a photo of a journalist from The Daily Caller News Foundation after refusing to answer her questions about the ongoing disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, because he was \u201ctaking some personal time.\u201d The Foundation\u2019s Jennie Taer caught up to Buttigieg in Washington, D.C., and asked him a series of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1856657,"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":[541],"tags":[4943,9440,4164,4186,12175,18480,10427,8633,5935,5926,5046,11892,4259,5073],"class_list":["post-1856654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-buttigieg","tag-dares","tag-disaster","tag-east","tag-midst","tag-palestine","tag-personal","tag-pete","tag-photo","tag-question","tag-reporter","tag-snap","tag-takes","tag-time"],"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\/1856654","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1856654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1856657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1856654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1856654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1856654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}