Buttigieg on Trump hurricane map: 'I feel sorry for the president'

[babylonsister]

Buttigieg on Trump hurricane map: 'I feel sorry for the president'
By Justin Wise - 09/05/19 09:20 AM EDT


Pete Buttigieg on Thursday said that he felt "sorry" for President Trump after he displayed a map that appeared to have altered Hurricane Dorian's original path with a marker.

"I’m really worried about that," the South Bend, Ind., mayor and Democratic presidential candidate said on CNN's "New Day."

"I feel sorry for the president, and that is not the way we should feel about the most powerful figure in this country," he said. "Somebody on whose wisdom and judgment our lives literally depend."

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"I don’t know if it felt it necessary to pull out a sharpie and change the map. I don’t know if it was one of his aides believed they had to do that to protect his ego," he added. "No matter how you cut it, this is unbelievably sad state of affairs. If our presidency is not in good shape, then our country is not in good shape. On one level it’s laughable, on another it is exactly why we got to do something different."

The comments from Buttigieg came just a day after Trump showed off a map displaying Hurricane Dorian's path during an Oval Office briefing on the government's efforts to address the storm. The map displayed Hurricane Dorian's expected path, and appeared to include a marker-drawn addition to indicate that it would hit the southern edge of Alabama.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/460049-buttigieg-says-he-feels-sorry-for-trump-after-he-displays-map-with

[tanyev]

1. I predict a new round of childish Alfred E. Newman tweets in 3...2...1...

[CrispyQ]

2. Nicely played, Mayor Pete!

Pity is one of the things narcissists hate most.

[vlyons]

3. I too feel sorry for Trump

because he is so hopelessly pathetic. He cannot see how ridiculous he appears to us. He has no shame.

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. Pete's really good at this sort of thing.

Empathy is a quality I look for in a leader.

[Ilsa]

5. He makes me wish I was a 35 year old

Intelligent gay man who met him before he met his husband.

[eShirl]

6. YES