Buttigieg said this happened shortly after his family shared Father's Day photos on social media. He noted it occurred during Pride month. He was careful not to assign it to a specific source. He was not careful about naming what it was: a deliberate use of child protection systems as a political weapon, timed to cause maximum harm to a family, designed to drag four-year-old children into a process they could not understand as a way of getting to their father.
CPS workers and forensic interviewers doing their jobs are the mechanism that was abused here. They did their jobs correctly. The abuse was upstream of them - someone filed a false report, knowing exactly what procedure would follow, knowing exactly what it would do to a family, knowing exactly what it would do to two small children. That person committed a crime. Buttigieg is right that it cannot be allowed to normalize. It is not part of the cost of public service. It is an attack on children.
Sending love and strength to Pete Buttigieg, Chasten, and their beautiful family. No family should have to endure the trauma of a malicious, false, CPS report. Weaponizing child protection is beyond reprehensible. Wishing them peace, healing, and justice.
Our hero journalist Katie Phang is about to break Trump’s pedophilia case of a 13 years old raped by trump. The judge sided with Katie, demanding Todd Blanche release the remaining FBI files on the trump’s rape allegation by July 2nd. This maybe trump’s worst 4th of July.
My heart goes out to Pete and Chasten and it enrages me that this happened to them. Of course it could happen to anyone who uses their voice about anything today. We must all denounce this and stand with this family. This anonymous caller should be arrested. @PeteButtigieg
Horrifying. These politically charged attacks have become too common in America. It cannot be normalized, and leaders on both sides of the aisle must condemn this.
Keeping Pete, Chasten, and their children in my thoughts this week.
The Buttigiegs have experienced a nightmare that should never have happened at all.
I hope whoever is responsible is found and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. https://t.co/mFaGCzZYJB
This is how dumb MAGA is
Author Rihanna Teixeria has released a book called "Scriptural Evidence That Trump Is Set Apart by God."
In the first hour on Amazon it sold more than 1,000 copies.
Here is the twist- inside every single page is blank!
If what happened to Pete Buttigieg and his family happened to JD Vance and his family, the person who called in fake accusations to child protective services would already be in jail. Why isn’t the person in custody. Kash Patel’s FBI should be able to handle this. According to Kash Patel they can figure out any crime, no problem. So WTF? The media better not let this go. It is fucking outrageous.
Pete has endured more than most in choosing to serve. Through it, he has lead with grace and dignity. My heart is with Pete, Chasten, and their children today. No family should have to experience this.
Absolutely horrified at what happened to @PeteButtigieg and his family. I am so sick of dirty, cruel politics and am truly deeply upset by the involvement of his children. It is wildly fucked up.
This world has to do better.
This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious.
Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal. https://t.co/72wxaVLzVT