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‘OUTRIGHT LYING’: Pete Buttigieg Grilled For False Statements About His Record On Black Arrests

Ryan Saavedra
‘OUTRIGHT LYING’: Pete Buttigieg Grilled For False Statements About His Record On Black Arrests
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Far-left Democrat presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was grilled by ABC News during and after the network’s primary debate on Friday for appearing to lie about his record as mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

Specifically, Buttigieg was grilled for falsely claiming that the overall rate of black arrests and marijuana arrests were lower while he was mayor, when in fact, under his leadership, a black person was four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana than a white person.

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