{"id":2328894,"date":"2024-08-22T00:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T04:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-brings-up-vance-beef-at-democratic-convention-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T00:05:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T04:05:53","slug":"buttigieg-brings-up-vance-beef-at-democratic-convention-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-brings-up-vance-beef-at-democratic-convention-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg brings up Vance beef at Democratic convention &#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\">22<\/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-brings-up-vance-beef-at-democratic-convention-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=2328894&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>During the Democratic\u2062 National Convention in Chicago, Transportation Secretary Pete\u2063 Buttigieg addressed his grievances with\u2062 Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance. \u2062He criticized Vance&#8217;s views on\u200d parenthood and\u200c commitment to the future, referencing his own military service in Afghanistan \u2062and stating that \u200dmany \u2064service members without children still \u200bdemonstrated a strong commitment to the\u200b country. Buttigieg highlighted Vance&#8217;s past comments\u200c that labeled Democrats as &#8220;childless \u2063cat ladies&#8221; and described the need for a more positive political\u200c approach. \u200cHe \u200dexpressed a desire \u200cfor political discourse that is decent\u2062 and brave, drawing\u2063 from his \u200cpersonal\u2064 experiences as \u200ban openly\u2063 gay man. Additionally, Buttigieg reflected on\u200d his \u2063past \u2063discussions with Vice President\u2062 Kamala Harris about\u2064 potentially joining her ticket, emphasizing his\u2062 vision for a more optimistic political landscape.  <\/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 brings up Vance beef at Democratic convention<\/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_1735305\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>CHICAGO &mdash;<\/strong>&nbsp;Transportation Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-buttigieg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pete Buttigieg <\/a>dredged up his grievances with Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH) during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic National Convention<\/a> address, a window into an alternate universe in which Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> tapped him as her running mate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-pence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Pence<\/a> was polite,&rdquo; Buttigieg told Chicago&rsquo;s United Center on Wednesday. &ldquo;J.D. Vance is one of those guys who thinks if you don&rsquo;t live the life he has in mind for you, then you don&rsquo;t count. Someone who thinks that if you don&rsquo;t have kids you have &lsquo;no physical commitment to the future of this country.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know, senator, when I was deployed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Afghanistan<\/a>, I didn&rsquo;t have kids then,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Many of the men and women who went outside the wire with me did not have kids then. But let me tell you, our commitment to the future of this country was pretty damn physical.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have started criticizing Vance as &ldquo;weird&rdquo; after comments he made in 2021 about Harris, Buttigieg, and other Democrats as &ldquo;a bunch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-justice-says-republicans-should-have-this-regret-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Jim Justice says Republicans should have this regret - Washington Examiner\">childless cat ladies miserable<\/a> at their own lives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg reportedly met with Harris regarding becoming her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-ron-desantis-becoming-major-voice-for-gop\/\" title=\"Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis becoming major voice for GOP\">vice presidential pick<\/a> before she decided on Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN), who will accept the second-in-command nomination on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg, appearing in a personal capacity and not as President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-transportation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><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><\/a>, described former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s respective decision concerning his No. 2 as &ldquo;doubling<br \/>down on negativity and grievance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Buttigieg appealed for &ldquo;a better politics &mdash; one that finds us at our most decent, and open, and brave,&rdquo; a perspective he contended he came &ldquo;through idealism but through experience&rdquo; as an openly gay man. In doing so, Buttigieg, who himself ran for president in 2020, amplified Harris and Walz&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-repackages-false-happy-warrior-claims-as-old-as-fdr\/\" title=\"Harris Repackages False \u2018Happy Warrior\u2019 Claims As Old As FDR\">happy warrior&#038;rdquo<\/a>; approach to their campaign as he endorsed their bid.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The makeup of our kitchen table, the existence of my family, is just one example of something that was literally impossible as recently as 25 years ago when an anxious teenager growing up in Indiana wondered if he would ever find belonging in the world,&rdquo; the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana said. &ldquo;It was brought about &mdash; by idealism and courage, organizing, and storytelling, and persuading &mdash; and, yes, through politics, the right kind of politics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t presume to know what it&rsquo;s like in your kitchen, but I know, as sure as I am standing here, that everything in it &mdash; the bills you pay at that table, the shape of the family that sits there, the fears and<br \/>dreams you talk about late into the night there &mdash; all of it compels us to demand more from our politics than a rerun of some TV wrestling deathmatch,&rdquo; he added. <\/p>\n<p>Harris will accept the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twice-failed-candidate-beto-orourke-considering-run-for-texas-governor\/\" title=\"Twice-Failed Candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke Considering Run For Texas Governor\">presidential nomination<\/a> on Thursday.<font color=\"#888888\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><\/font><\/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_1735305\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1735305\"}});<\/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>Buttigieg addresses Vance conflict at Democratic convention<\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO \u2014 During his speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg revisited his issues with Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), offering a glimpse into a scenario where Vice President Kamala Harris chose him as her running mate. \u201cAt least Mike Pence was courteous,\u201d Buttigieg remarked at Chicago\u2019s United Center on Wednesday. He criticized Vance for believing that those who do not conform to his vision of life are insignificant, stating that Vance thinks individuals without children have \u201cno physical commitment to the future of this country.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut let me remind you, Senator, when I served in Afghanistan, I didn\u2019t have children then,\u201d he continued. \u201cMany of my fellow service members also did not have kids at that time. Yet our dedication to this country\u2019s future was very real.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Democrats have begun labeling Vance as &#8220;weird&#8221; following his 2021 remarks about Harris and Buttigieg, referring to them and other childless Democrats as \u201ca bunch of childless cat ladies miserable at their own lives.\u201d Before Harris selected Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) for her vice presidential pick\u2014who will accept the nomination on Wednesday\u2014Buttigieg reportedly met with her regarding the position.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a personal capacity rather than as Biden&#8217;s transportation secretary, Buttigieg characterized former President Donald Trump\u2019s choice for his running mate as one focused on negativity and grievances. He instead called for \u201ca better politics\u2014one that showcases our decency, openness, and bravery,\u201d which he believes stems from both idealism and experience as an openly gay man.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, Buttigieg amplified Harris and Walz&#8217;s optimistic campaign approach while endorsing their candidacy: \u201cThe composition of my kitchen table and my family is just one example of something that seemed impossible just 25 years ago when I was an anxious teenager in Indiana wondering if I would ever find acceptance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized how such changes were achieved through idealism, courage, organizing efforts, storytelling\u2014and yes\u2014through effective politics: &#8220;I can\u2019t claim to know what your kitchen looks like,&#8221; he said; &#8220;but everything within it\u2014the bills you pay there, your family dynamics\u2014the hopes and fears discussed late into the night\u2014all compel us to demand more from our politics than a mere replay of some wrestling match.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Harris is set to accept the presidential nomination on Thursday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2328895,"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\/08\/buttigieg-convention-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4943,38076,32603,15469,32076],"class_list":["post-2328894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-buttigieg","tag-democratic-convention","tag-political-news","tag-vance","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/buttigieg-convention-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328894","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}