Why Time magazine and the left love Pete Buttigieg

May 5, 2019 by

by Michael Brown, Christian Post:

Did you see the front cover of Time? It features a picture of Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his “husband,” with the caption, “First Family.” Why this exaltation of a fairly obscure, outlying political figure?

Could it be that he’s a white male?

If anything, that would be a disqualifying factor for a Democratic presidential candidate today, even though Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are still frontrunners.

Could it be that he is young (just 37 years old)?

So are Beto O’Rourke (46), Tim Ryan (45), Andrew Wang (44), Julián Castro (44), Wayne Messam (44), Seth Moulton (40), Eric Swalwell (38), and Tulsi Gabbard (37).

Could it be his policies?

Nope. Do we even know his policies? How much has he articulated so far? What are the Buttigieg distinctives?

Could it be his political experience?

Hardly. Although he’s been in politics over half of his life, he’s a still a newbie on the national scene, and rather than being a governor or a senator, he’s the mayor of only the fourth largest city in Indiana.

Could it be that he was elected by a large percentage in what had been a Republican stronghold?

That’s certainly a factor, but it can hardly be the driving factor. That’s why the Time article was titled, “Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s Unlikely, Untested, Unprecedented Presidential Campaign.

That really says it all: unlikely, untested, and unprecedented.

How then has he surged up in the polls? Why has he become the darling of the left?

It’s because he is gay. And he is “married” to his partner. And he is a professing Christian. And he is challenging sacred biblical and church traditions. What more could the left ask for?

But there’s a nuance to this that we cannot miss.

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Read also: As a former gay man, I know Pete Buttigieg’s ‘Midwest wholesome’ is a lie by Doug Mainwaring, LifeSite

 

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