{"id":2322473,"date":"2024-08-10T17:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T21:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-blasts-trump-for-lazy-campaign-attacks-hes-lost-a-step-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T17:54:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T21:54:18","slug":"buttigieg-blasts-trump-for-lazy-campaign-attacks-hes-lost-a-step-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-blasts-trump-for-lazy-campaign-attacks-hes-lost-a-step-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg blasts Trump for \u2018lazy\u2019 campaign attacks: \u2018He\u2019s lost a step\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fbuttigieg-blasts-trump-for-lazy-campaign-attacks-hes-lost-a-step-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=2322473&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\u2064 Pete Buttigieg criticized former President Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign performance during a CNN interview, suggesting he\u200c has lost enthusiasm for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-on-trumps-claim-hes-disloyal-were-a-republic-were-not-a-monarchy-its-nobodys-turn\/\" title=\"DeSantis responds to Trump&#039;s accusation of disloyalty: &quot;We&#039;re a republic, not a monarchy. No one is entitled.&quot;\">2024 presidential\u2063 race<\/a>. \u2063Buttigieg labeled Trump\u2019s recent attacks on Democratic candidate Tim Walz as &#8220;mushy and lazy,&#8221;\u2064 indicating that they lack substance and specificity. He referred to Trump&#8217;s remarks about Walz\u200d as an\u200b example of the former president&#8217;s failure \u2063to articulate actionable plans to improve people&#8217;s lives. Buttigieg praised Walz for his governance in Minnesota, highlighting accomplishments such as implementing free school\u2064 meals and \u200cpaid family leave. Furthermore, Buttigieg expressed \u2064concern over Trump appearing &#8220;mushier, fuzzier, more confused,&#8221; compared to his previous campaigns, raising questions about his \u2064current state as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-a-rico-case-and-it-involves-potentially-the-incoming-president-of-the-united-states-assuming-hes-installed-tom-fitton-on-hunter-bidens-criminal-c\/\" title=\"\u201cThis Is a RICO Case and It Involves Potentially the Incoming President of the United States, Assuming He\u2019s Installed\u201d \u2013 Tom Fitton on Hunter Biden\u2019s Criminal Case\">political candidate<\/a>.  <\/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\">Buttigieg blasts Trump for &lsquo;lazy&rsquo; campaign attacks: &lsquo;He&rsquo;s lost a step&rsquo;<\/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_1726553\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Transportation Secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-buttigieg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pete Buttigieg<\/a> wondered Friday if Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump&rsquo;s heart was in the 2024 campaign anymore, calling his attacks on Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz &ldquo;pretty mushy and lazy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg, whose name was also speculated to be in the Democratic vice presidential conversation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sNCIjUrnk5Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>appeared<\/a> on CNN to discuss a range of topics, including Trump&rsquo;s Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3115563\/takeaways-trump-mar-a-lago-press-conference\/\">press conference<\/a> at his Mar-a-Lago resort, which many critics described as &ldquo;rambling.&rdquo; The network played a clip of the former president&rsquo;s remarks about Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s <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>.<\/p>\n<p>Harris &ldquo;picked a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-to-joe-rogan-stop-apologizing-to-maniacs-and-lunatics\/\" title=\"Donald Trump to Joe Rogan: Stop Apologizing to &#039;Maniacs and Lunatics&#039;\">radical left man<\/a> that &hellip; has positions that &hellip; it&rsquo;s just not even possible to believe that they exist,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s going for things that nobody&rsquo;s ever even heard of, heavy into the transgender world, heavy into lots of different worlds.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The transportation secretary called that comment &ldquo;another example of Trump&rsquo;s inability to talk about what he is actually going to do to make anyone&rsquo;s lives better.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What Tim Walz focused on and focuses on as governor is just that,&rdquo; Buttigieg said. &ldquo;You look at the achievements in Minnesota, and you don&rsquo;t have to be a Democrat or a progressive to be, I think, really impressed with what he&rsquo;s done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, listed examples of bills Walz signed during the 2023 Minnesota legislative session, including those that codified free school meals and paid family leave, and called the governor a &ldquo;pretty commonsensical, middle-of-the-road Democrat.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a playbook that is as unimaginative as it is unconvincing &lsquo;cause this is what Republicans say about literally any Democrat running against literally any Republican,&rdquo; Buttigieg said. &ldquo;They always say that they&rsquo;re too far left. It could be Joe Manchin running for president and they&rsquo;d say he&rsquo;s too far left, but it&rsquo;s also pretty mushy and lazy for Donald Trump&rsquo;s best attack to be, what was it, &lsquo;He&rsquo;s heavily into lots of different worlds&rsquo;? You&rsquo;d think he&rsquo;d at least be able to point to a few more specifics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, said he gets the feeling that Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;heart isn&rsquo;t in this anymore,&rdquo; to which CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins asked him if he thought the former president was a different candidate than he was during his past two bids for the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yeah, I mean you can just tell that he&rsquo;s lost a step,&rdquo; Buttigieg said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s getting mushier, fuzzier, more confused,&rdquo; referring to Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3116293\/ex-harris-boyfriend-denies-trumps-claims-vp-emergency-helicopter-landing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>claim<\/a> that he &ldquo;went down in a helicopter&rdquo; with Willie Brown, which the former San Francisco mayor and ex-boyfriend of Vice President Kamala Harris rejected.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It does raise some real concerns about what&rsquo;s happened to Donald Trump over the years, right?&rdquo; Buttigieg said. &ldquo;Is this a symptom of something, is he struggling to maintain a grip on reality or to tell the difference between dreams and what is real, or, best-case scenario, he&rsquo;s just lying again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump, 78, has come under more scrutiny over his mental acuity since President Joe Biden, 81, dropped out of the race after dealing with his own cognitive concerns. With Harris, 59, now the Democratic presidential nominee instead of her boss, the former president is the oldest major-party nominee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harris and Trump have agreed to a Sept. 10 debate hosted by ABC News, which was originally scheduled with Biden as the Democratic participant. The June debate between the last two presidents catalyzed Biden&rsquo;s exit from the race, and Trump appeared skeptical about going through with the agreement after Harris ascended to the top of the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-is-guilty-sen-romney-issues-statement-explaining-impeachment-vote\/\" title=\"\u2018Trump Is Guilty\u2019: Sen. Romney Issues Statement Explaining Impeachment Vote\">president committed<\/a> to the original plan Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3116175\/trash-talking-trump-and-harris-go-another-round-on-debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>additionally<\/a> proposing one debate on either side of that date, to which Harris&rsquo;s campaign has not agreed.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1726553\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1726553\"}});<\/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 criticized Donald Trump on Friday for what he described as &#8220;lazy&#8221; campaign attacks, questioning whether the Republican presidential nominee is genuinely invested in the 2024 race. He referred to Trump&#8217;s comments about Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz as &#8220;pretty mushy and lazy.&#8221; During an appearance on CNN, Buttigieg discussed various topics, including Trump&#8217;s recent press conference at Mar-a-Lago, which many observers deemed disjointed. In a clip from the event, Trump claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris had chosen a &#8220;radical left man&#8221; as her running mate and made vague references to his positions on issues related to transgender rights.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg argued that such remarks exemplify Trump&#8217;s failure to articulate any concrete plans for improving people&#8217;s lives. He praised Walz&#8217;s accomplishments as governor of Minnesota and highlighted significant legislation he signed during the 2023 session, such as free school meals and paid family leave. Buttigieg characterized Walz as a sensible centrist Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>He further remarked that Trump&#8217;s approach is predictable and unoriginal\u2014Republicans often label any Democrat running against them as too far left. Buttigieg expressed skepticism about Trump\u2019s current campaign vigor, suggesting that he seems less sharp than in previous elections. He noted instances where Trump appeared confused or made inaccurate claims, raising concerns about his mental clarity over time.<\/p>\n<p>As both candidates prepare for a debate scheduled for September 10th\u2014initially set with Biden before he exited the race\u2014Trump has shown hesitance regarding this arrangement after Harris became the Democratic nominee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2700,"featured_media":2322474,"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\/07\/ap-pete-buttigieg-press-conference-073024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4943,37786,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2322473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-buttigieg","tag-campaign-attacks","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ap-pete-buttigieg-press-conference-073024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322473","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\/2700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}