{"id":350711,"date":"2021-03-30T13:45:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T17:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=350711"},"modified":"2021-03-30T13:45:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T17:45:48","slug":"boat-shoes-meets-blackface-buttigieg-honored-to-appear-with-virginia-governor-he-urged-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boat-shoes-meets-blackface-buttigieg-honored-to-appear-with-virginia-governor-he-urged-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Boat Shoes Meets Blackface: Buttigieg \u2018Honored\u2019 to Appear with Virginia Governor He Urged to Resign"},"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%2Fboat-shoes-meets-blackface-buttigieg-honored-to-appear-with-virginia-governor-he-urged-to-resign%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=350711&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4547.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said he was &#8220;honored&#8221; to appear with Gov. Ralph Northam (D., Va.) on Tuesday, less than two years after urging the governor to resign for appearing in a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/ralph-northams-yearbook-page-contains-picture-of-men-in-blackface-kkk-robe\/\">racist yearbook photo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg and Northam held a press conference at an Amtrak station in Alexandria, Va., to announce a $3.7 billion initiative to improve rail service and enhance the commutes of the wealthy lobbyists who reside in the area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Politics<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>Buttigieg, who himself was dogged by accusations of racism during his tenure as mayor of South Bend, Ind., repeatedly called on Northam to resign when the yearbook photo surfaced in 2019. Northam has admitted to appearing in the racist photo but has declined to specify whether he is the individual wearing blackface or the individual wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg, then a candidate for president in the Democratic primary, said the racist photo was &#8220;terrible&#8221; and argued that Northam had &#8220;lost [the] confidence&#8221; of Virginians and &#8220;needs to step aside.&#8221;&nbsp;He also suggested at the time that Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D.) &#8220;can no longer serve either&#8221; after Fairfax was credibly accused of rape and sexual assault. Fairfax did not resign in 2019, like Northam, and recently <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/justin-fairfax-rapist-governor\/\">announced<\/a> his candidacy for governor in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Despite calling for Northam&#8217;s resignation, Buttigieg <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/northam-lawyer-to-host-buttigieg-fundraiser\/\">attended<\/a> a fundraiser hosted by the governor&#8217;s deputy counsel. Nevertheless, the former mayor continued to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/speedreads\/879289\/pete-buttigieg-0-percent-support-from-black-voters-new-south-carolina-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> at or around zero percent among black voters throughout his failed campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the Democratic primary, Buttigieg was pilloried by critics as &#8220;Mayo Pete&#8221; for his <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/buttigieg-white-boomer-dance\/\">extreme nerdy whiteness<\/a>. His efforts to reach black voters often flopped. For example, his campaign&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/11\/18\/us\/politics\/buttigieg-stock-photo-kenya.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used<\/a> a photo of a Kenyan woman to announce the launch of his so-called Douglass Plan, which was billed as a &#8220;comprehensive investment in the empowerment of black America,&#8221; not Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg&#8217;s record as mayor of South Bend was frequently criticized by black residents, many of whom demanded that he <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/more-calls-for-mayor-petes-resignation\/\">resign<\/a> during the presidential campaign.&nbsp;On Buttigieg&#8217;s watch, the South Bend city government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/mayor-pete-fell-far-short-of-pledge-to-help-minority-contractors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did not award<\/a> a single contract to a black-owned business for three consecutive years.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining the Biden administration as transportation secretary, Buttigieg has faced a number of controversies. His obsession with <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/buttigieg-bike-share\/\">bicycles<\/a>, for example, has alarmed the millions of Americans who consider their widespread use an assault on the Constitution. He was denounced as a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/buttigieg-pizza-hut-convoy\/\">hypocrite<\/a> after taking a convoy of SUVs to retrieve a used bike from a Pizza Hut parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Buttigieg suggested the Biden administration was considering higher taxes on gasoline, or even taxing drivers based on mileage, only to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/29\/politics\/buttigieg-no-gas-tax-mileage-tax-biden-infrastructure-plan-cnntv\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flip-flop<\/a> days later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n\t\t<!-- \/339474670\/Freebeacon\/InContent --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said he was &#8220;honored&#8221; to appear with Gov. 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