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Buttigieg downplays DC crime rate despite having security detail: 'I can safely walk my dog to the Capitol'
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently downplayed Washington, D.C.'s, crime problems, saying there's a lot of "energy" going into making the nation's capital seem far worse than it is.
"We need to talk about the reality here," Buttigieg said during a Sunday MSNBC appearance. "There's a lot of funding and a lot of energy going into telling a different story in news outlets and online."
"But the simple facts and the simple reality are right here staring us in the face, including the fact I can safely walk my dog to the Capitol today in a way you couldn't do when we all got here," he said.
Buttigieg, however, is provided with security details due to this position with the government.
When he made the comments on Sunday, there was a quadruple shooting around six miles southwest of the Capitol building, Fox 5 reported. And just days before, a woman was caught in crossfire in southeast D.C. and narrowly escaped being injured by ducking before a stray bullet shattered her car windshield.
Earlier this year, a man was charged in the November 2023 break-in of a Secret Service vehicle parked outside the D.C. home of President Biden's granddaughter, Naomi....
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Yes Pete YOU can walk your dog...with a security detail that WE pay for. Enjoy it while you can the election is coming and your government security detail is going. Buttigieg is totally tone deaf
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently downplayed Washington, D.C.'s, crime problems, saying there's a lot of "energy" going into making the nation's capital seem far worse than it is.
"We need to talk about the reality here," Buttigieg said during a Sunday MSNBC appearance. "There's a lot of funding and a lot of energy going into telling a different story in news outlets and online."
"But the simple facts and the simple reality are right here staring us in the face, including the fact I can safely walk my dog to the Capitol today in a way you couldn't do when we all got here," he said.
Buttigieg, however, is provided with security details due to this position with the government.
When he made the comments on Sunday, there was a quadruple shooting around six miles southwest of the Capitol building, Fox 5 reported. And just days before, a woman was caught in crossfire in southeast D.C. and narrowly escaped being injured by ducking before a stray bullet shattered her car windshield.
Earlier this year, a man was charged in the November 2023 break-in of a Secret Service vehicle parked outside the D.C. home of President Biden's granddaughter, Naomi....
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Yes Pete YOU can walk your dog...with a security detail that WE pay for. Enjoy it while you can the election is coming and your government security detail is going. Buttigieg is totally tone deaf
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