False accusations against South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg

Mayor Peter Buttigieg is a dynamic Midwestern mayor who speaks 8 languages including Arabic.  He is a military veteran, Episcipalian, and former Rhodes scholar.  He is also gay and married.  He is under attack by a political operative who tried to smear his reputation.

Crimes of a sexual nature are damaging in ways that others are not. Additionally, false allegations can destroy reputations and lives, leaving the accused fighting for a sense of normalcy long after the cameras have left. In the political sphere, claims of sexual assault or harassment have unfortunately become a formidable weapon against opponents.

On Monday, it was resported that internet troll Jacob Wohl was behind an attempt to fabricate rape allegations against South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, the young Democratic presidential candidate who has been rising in the polls. There is absolutely no difference between Wohl, his much older partner-in-crime, Jack Burkman, and other partisan scumbags who may use the same technique to take down Republicans. In fact, it is this despicable behavior that unites all of these types when every other "principle" they claim to hold dear separates them. This egregious behavior should be quickly condemned no matter where it comes from.  The rising mayor deserves more.