Pete Buttigieg is really annoying. He’s a nerd, he’s a liar, and worst of all, he’s boring. He obviously wants to be the first openly gay president,1 and he thinks if he just says everything in the same dull monotone, he’ll be non-threatening enough for Americans to vote for him.
Somehow, this weird little dork has parlayed the mayorship of a town even most Hoosiers don’t care about into a presidential cabinet position. Obviously, he thought Secretary of Transportation would be another easy A. Another sweet résumé-filler. Another effortless step on his path to the Oval Office. But it hasn’t turned out that way, has it?
Buttigieg has been in that role for two years now, and all he’s done is filibuster about why he hasn’t done anything. Here’s the latest example: