{"id":2310182,"date":"2024-07-27T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T16:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2310182"},"modified":"2024-07-27T12:20:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T16:20:59","slug":"pete-buttigieg-joins-chorus-of-kamala-harris-vp-contenders-slamming-j-d-vance-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-buttigieg-joins-chorus-of-kamala-harris-vp-contenders-slamming-j-d-vance-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Buttigieg joins chorus of Kamala Harris VP contenders slamming J.D. Vance &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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-joins-chorus-of-kamala-harris-vp-contenders-slamming-j-d-vance-washington-examiner%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=2310182&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--><p>Transportation Secretary \u2064Pete\u200c Buttigieg recently criticized Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) in an interview, highlighting the growing tension among potential Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-viral-forgetful-joe-moments-names-dates-and-the-pledge-of-allegiance\/\" title=\"9 Viral \u2018Forgetful Joe\u2019 Moments: Names, Dates And The Pledge Of Allegiance\">running mates<\/a> \u200ctowards Donald Trump&#8217;s allies. Buttigieg acknowledged their shared \u200cMidwestern\u200b background but emphasized that Vance\u2019s actions \u2064have contradicted genuine Midwestern\u200c values. He accused Vance of \u2062having initially denounced Trump as &#8220;sinister&#8221; \u2063only\u200d to\u200b later \u2062change his stance \u200dfor personal gain, questioning Vance&#8217;s integrity. Buttigieg further argued that Vance&#8217;s political vision is detrimental to their \u200bregion. This criticism aligns \u200bwith \u2063a broader\u200d Democratic strategy \u200cto portray Trump and his associates as out of touch \u2063and\u2062 &#8220;weird,&#8221; as noted by other Democratic figures, including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Pete Buttigieg joins chorus of Kamala Harris VP contenders slamming JD Vance<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1714751\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Transportation Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-buttigieg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pete Buttigieg<\/a> excoriated Sen.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> J.D. Vance <\/a>(R-OH) in a recent interview, becoming the latest potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">running mate<\/a> to join Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign who is attacking Donald Trump&rsquo;s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/27\/magazine\/pete-buttigieg-interview-election-democrats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>with the <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/27\/magazine\/pete-buttigieg-interview-election-democrats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York Times<\/a>,<\/em> Buttigieg sought to distance himself from Vance, who is also from the Midwest and shares other similarities with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-were-in-active-conversation-with-cdc-about-requiring-covid-test-before-domestic-flights\/\" title=\"Buttigieg: We\u2019re In \u2018Active Conversation\u2019 With CDC About Requiring COVID Test Before Domestic Flights\">transportation secretary<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve certainly encountered a lot of people like him. He and I both emerged at a time when a lot of people in the Midwest began to find that commentators and figures from the coasts were approaching our part of the country almost with exotic fascination,&rdquo; Buttigieg said, conceding that he and Vance have a shared background before going on to slam the Ohio senator.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He has traded on fascination about Midwestern stories and Midwestern values, but the most important Midwestern value I know of is to be straightforward, to be true to yourself, to be true to your core,&rdquo; Buttigieg continued. &ldquo;And because he spoke unequivocally about how sinister and unfit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> was just a few years ago, only to flip around, embrace him and be on his ticket so that he can have more power, people are wondering if he has any core at all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg also claimed that Vance was &ldquo;advancing a vision that is terrible for places like where I come from, and I would argue where he comes from.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Since Harris has become the likely presumptive Democratic nominee in the wake of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s announcement he was ending his 2024 campaign, party leaders have coalesced around slamming Trump and Vance as &ldquo;weird,&rdquo; with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-state-prosecutor-ayala-seeking-demings-seat\/\" title=\"Former State Prosecutor Ayala Seeking Demings&#039; Seat\">potential running mates<\/a> for Harris leading the charge.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These are weird people on the other side,&rdquo; Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), another top running mate for Harris, told <em>MSNBC<\/em>. &ldquo;They want to take books away. They want to be in your exam room &hellip; these are weird ideas.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&rsquo;m telling you: these guys are weird. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fvNRNf7T7T\">pic.twitter.com\/fvNRNf7T7T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tim_Walz\/status\/1815951829479330211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC), also on the short-list to join Harris&rsquo;s campaign, said Trump &ldquo;chose someone in his own image&rdquo; when choosing Vance as his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Vice-President\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vice presidential<\/a> pick.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sort of a mini-me. When you look at someone who supports an abortion ban across the board, with no exceptions; some of the tapes that have come out on him talking about childless parents,&rdquo; Cooper said during a campaign event on Thursday. &ldquo;Those kinds of things are not going to play well in North Carolina or anywhere across the country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1714751\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1714751\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently criticized Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) in an interview, marking him as the latest potential vice presidential candidate to support Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign by targeting Donald Trump&#8217;s running mate. In his discussion with the New York Times, Buttigieg aimed to differentiate himself from Vance, who also hails from the Midwest and shares some similarities with him. He acknowledged their common background but went on to criticize Vance for his political shifts. &#8220;I&#8217;ve certainly encountered a lot of people like him,&#8221; Buttigieg stated, noting that both emerged during a time when coastal commentators viewed the Midwest with curiosity. He emphasized that while Vance has capitalized on Midwestern narratives and values, true Midwestern values include honesty and authenticity. Buttigieg pointed out that Vance had previously condemned Donald Trump as unfit but later aligned himself with Trump for personal gain, raising questions about his integrity. Additionally, Buttigieg argued that Vance promotes harmful ideas for regions like theirs.<\/p>\n<p>As Harris is seen as the likely Democratic nominee following President Joe Biden&#8217;s withdrawal from the 2024 race, party leaders have united in criticizing Trump and Vance as &#8220;weird.&#8221; Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), another potential running mate for Harris, remarked on MSNBC about their unusual ideas: &#8220;These are weird people on the other side&#8230; They want to take books away; they want to be in your exam room.&#8221; Similarly, Governor Roy Cooper (D-NC), also considered for Harris\u2019s campaign team, commented that Trump selected someone who mirrors his own views in choosing Vance: \u201cSort of a mini-me,\u201d he said regarding Vance\u2019s extreme positions on issues like abortion which may not resonate well nationally or even within North Carolina<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2310186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24087647685154-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[35138,32438,36453],"class_list":["post-2310182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-j-d-vance","tag-kamala-harris","tag-pete-buttigieg"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24087647685154-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310182","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2310182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2310182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2310182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2310182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}