Why South Bend residents are warning America about Pete Buttigieg

“I found it ironic that when he announced his presidential run, he did it in front of Studebaker Building 84, which had sat vacant since 1963,” Hupfer said.“But it was $3.5 million from then-Gov. Mike Pence’s Regional Cities Initiative that made that project go.”

NY Post  SOUTH BEND, Ind. — When residents of this city’s impoverished West Side reflect on Pete Buttigieg’s two terms as mayor, a few things come to mind:

The Rev. Sylvester Williams said the city
had a “record number of homicides” when
 Buttigieg was mayor of South Bend.

"A spike in violent crime, development that largely ignored the African American community and how their only well-lit street is the one that leads to Notre Dame University.

"So how, they wonder, can Buttigieg possibly be trusted to run the country?
“If he’s the next president, I fear for our country. He couldn’t run our city. How can he run the United States?” said Michelle Burger, 42, a stay-at-home mom who lives in South Bend’s impoverished and predominantly black West Side.
“Look at all the crime — he didn’t do anything about it. Look at our quality of life. If he becomes president, the United States will become one big South Bend — a giant sinkhole. We’ll be in a new depression.”
Another West Side resident, Cornish Miller, 62, said of Buttigieg, “Rating him 1 to 10, I’d give him a 2.”
“Buttigieg talked about all the improvements he made, but he hardly made a dent,” said Miller, who works for a military supply company.
“The West Side is the most neglected part of town. The street I live on is the only street around here that has lights. That’s because we’re a gateway to Notre Dame.”
Buttigieg’s young age — 38 — along with his Rust Belt childhood, elite education and moderate liberalism, have drawn comparisons with French President Emmanuel Macron, who was elected in 2017 at age 39.
"On the stump, Buttigieg comes off as cool. . . 

How can this couple visit Muslim countries?  

He's long been "at odds" with the local black community:

. . . "Shortly after taking office, Buttigieg fired the city’s first black police chief, Darryl Boykins, over allegations that Boykins secretly recorded the phone calls of high-ranking white cops suspected of using racist language against him and others.

"From 2012 to 2018, the number of black cops fell by almost half — from 29 to 15, compared to more than 200 whites — and in June, the city was rocked when a white police sergeant shot and killed 54-year-old Eric Logan, who was black, while responding to a report of someone breaking into cars." . . .

Sorry, Pete Buttigieg, but South Bend hasn't prepared you to be president 

. . . "As South Bend's mayor, Buttigieg tackled the surprisingly contentious issue of pet chip scanners within city limits, but that doesn't mean he is prepared now to tackle Iran, Russia, or North Korea. He may have presided over a successful redesign of South Bend's flag — the new one really is an improvement — but that does not qualify Buttigieg to hold the nuclear codes. He may have succeeded in making the local drivers tolerate roundabouts, but that does not qualify Buttigieg to lead his party through tough negotiations with the Republican opposition." . . .

South Bend Residents Have a Message for America: Don't Elect Pete Buttigieg

A job that most would see as entry-level employment in politics as a stepping stone to the presidency? That's sort of like a burger flipper applying for the CEO position at McDonald's.