This Is How They Pick Us Off [View all]

Mike Nellis

This weekend, someone with hate in their heart picked up a phone, called Child Protective Services, and falsely reported that Pete Buttigieg was abusing his four-year-old twins.

It was a lie. A complete fabrication, built on a story about some woman who supposedly met Pete at a conference in Alabama — a town he has never set foot in. But that’s all it takes. The call triggered a process. CPS and the police showed up at his home in Michigan. His kids were sent to their grandparents’. Pete was told he could not be alone with his own children until they’d been interviewed by strangers. For twenty-four hours, this family had no idea what he was even accused of. This wasn't just an attack on Pete Buttigieg. It was an attempt to make public service hurt. That's the point.

Twenty-four hours. He called it among the darkest of his life. And as a father, I believe him — because I’ve been sitting in my own rage about this for two days, and they’re not even my kids.

Here’s what you need to understand about Pete Buttigieg. The man is calm. He is level-headed to a fault — the kind of person who keeps his voice even when everyone around him is losing it. So when *that* guy tells you about the rage and the sadness he felt, when *that* guy says someone “dragged our children into this,” you should feel your stomach turn. Because it takes a lot to rattle Pete Buttigieg, and somebody found the one thing that would do it. They did it on purpose. They did it during Pride Month, right after he posted photos of his family for Father’s Day. That’s not an accident.

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