Buttigieg’s popularity proves to me that the U.S. is not willing to elect a female. This guy shouldn’t be in the running for president, but he’s more popular in polls than three incredibly smart, qualified and experienced female candidates in Warren (for now), Harris and Klobuchar. America...(slowly shakes and bows…

It’s been sourced and Politifact backs it up.

I guess we’re going to have to agree to disagree as to the value of the amendments since you don’t seem to think they matter all that much legislatively.  I disagree with your view, but we’re each entitled to our opinions.  Also, I did not say 2 of his bills were meaningless.  I said they were ceremonial which many…

OK. I guess we’re going to completely ignore the amendments...

You are moving the goalposts. You stated he had not had any legislation. Amendments are part of legislation. You can say he has never done anything legislatively all you want, but it’s still not true.

MANY other countries have better medical care than the US. At least you put it in parentheses, heh.

People with working brains think that policy and beliefs mean more than a letter next to a name.  He is more democratic than any democrat you can name.

Of course I’m not going to get a candidate I agree with as the nominee of a major party in the United States. I’m a socialist, how could I? How could anyone on the left? That said, I still vote, so I’d rather the candidate who does get the nomination be least-objectionable as possible. For me, right now, that’s…

Who cares if he’s a registered democrat or not? This is a symptom of a broken two-party system, not a problem in itself. His is choosing to run on the ticket of the party that most aligns with his viewpoint, because that’s the only way to have any shot whatsoever at winning the presidency.

out of all the incredibly dishonest comments on here this is almost certainly the most hilarious. can you imagine the titanic screeching that would occur if the most popular politician in the country ran independent against the democrats? y’all have no idea what y’all want.

what is actually wrong with you? do you realize what would happen if he ran as an independent? he would split the left vote at least enough to hand DT an easy win. it would make real all the things he was wrongly accused of in 2016. it would be the worst possible thing. but sure....he’s not a democratic. that’s what…

As someone else significantly to Sanders’ left, who finds him a compromise candidate at best, I’m genuinely asking: who else even comes close to having his consistency when advocating for leftist positions, albeit social democratic ones? I didn’t want Bernie to run, because I wanted a younger candidate, more capable…

This is so insane to me. If he actually DID run as an independent, Dems would go out of their minds screaming that he was splitting the vote and handing another term to Trump. Why are you suggesting he do it?

You say this as if the Democratic Party has not benefited from his presence, his fundraising, his endorsements, etc. It’s honestly absurd. Check the Dem website, he’s on there. He caucuses with them. And plenty of Americans are left-leaning Independents who most often vote...Democrat! Seems like a constituency that…

He has repeatedly run on the democratic ticket and won the democratic primary in VT, why should this be different?

What difference does it make at all whether he calls himself a Democrat?

If he wants to run for President he should run as an independent, because he is an independent.

That’s what everyone said about Hillary? Are you insane? 

Uh, were you asleep in 2016? That was essentially Clinton’s unofficial campaign slogan.

I mean, the point you’re trying to make about his male priveledge rings true, but the specifics are very conspicuously false.

The fact that she’s being read as a man is my point, because to people like that cop, that’s what trans women are: men. You really think that your average joe understands the subtle distinctions of gender expression and sex and trans identities? This cop is vaguely aware of “mentally ill men who think they’re women”…