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Pete Buttigieg is the Transportation secretary under President Joe Biden. Buttigieg was elected mayor of South Bend, Ind., in 2011 and was re-elected in 2015. He decided not to seek re-election and his term ended in January 2020. From 2009 to 2017, he served in the U.S. Navy Reserve and was a lieutenant. He received a bachelor’s degree in history and literature from Harvard College and a first-class honors bachelor’s degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Pembroke College as a Rhodes Scholar. He ran for president in the 2020 Democratic primaries.

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Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 11, 2024 in CNN's State of the Union:

JD Vance holds “anti-marriage-equality views.”

By Grace Abels • August 16, 2024
Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 11, 2024 in an interview on CNN State of the Union:

Gov. Tim Walz delivered paid family leave in Minnesota but “Republicans are blocking” a Biden-Harris proposal.

By Amy Sherman • August 16, 2024
Pete Buttigieg
stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:

“Even before the pandemic, America went into a manufacturing recession.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2024
Pete Buttigieg
stated on March 10, 2024 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump."

By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2024
Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 21, 2023 in a tweet:

Sen. Marco Rubio signed a 2021 letter that “supports waivers that would reduce visual track inspections.”

By Madison Czopek • March 2, 2023

Viral image
stated on March 27, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Buttigieg praises cargo ship for helping dismantle racism in American roads.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 29, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says a photo of Pete Buttigieg in a military uniform was staged.

By Daniel Funke • February 27, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on February 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Violent crime in South Bend doubled during Mayor Pete’s tenure.”

By Tom Kertscher • February 25, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:

A photo of Pete Buttigieg in a military uniform without visible patches shows that “he is a fraud.”

By Daniel Funke • February 19, 2020
Bloggers
stated on September 6, 2019 in a blog post:

“Pete Buttigieg claims Bible says babies can be aborted ‘up to their first breath.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 19, 2020

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