Pete Buttigieg attacked by Bernie Sanders fans AGAIN for ‘FAKE APPLAUSE’ after ‘MayorCheat’ controversy
PRESIDENTIAL candidate Pete Buttigieg has come under fire for allegedly editing a video to include a loud audience applause — that didn’t really happen.
Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, participated in CNN’s Town Hall Thursday night, where he answered a question about how his age could affect him if he were elected president.
His campaign tweeted out the video of his answer — but cut it short, and appeared to add in a fake applause.
The video was swiftly called out by the Center for Popular Democracy Action (CPD Action), which has endorsed Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination.
They described the edited video as having “artificial audience applause” from “Sneaky Pete.”
During the Town Hall, Buttigieg did receive real applause — but it wasn’t when his campaign claimed it was.
Buttigieg was telling the audience: “We run the risk of being the first generation in American history to actually be worse off economically than our parents if nothing is done to change the trajectory of this economy.”
“To me, that is not just a concern for our generation. It’s a concern that calls on us to build an alliance among generations to try and make sure the future really is better than the pasts.”
At this point, Buttigieg’s campaign clip includes applause. Buttigieg, however, continued speaking for over 10 more seconds before he finished answering.
CPD Action said “this isn’t just an isolated edit,” but is part of a theme — and said: “#SneakyPete will continue this.”
Buttigieg and Sanders emerged as the top victors in the Iowa caucus Monday night, and both claimed victory for their own campaigns.
Due to days of technical issues, an official winner was unable to be declared by The Associated Press with 100 percent of precincts reporting.
However, Buttigieg and Sanders both emerged with the most delegates at the Democratic Party’s national convention.
Following the caucus, Sanders’s supporters ridiculed Buttigieg online by calling him “Mayor Cheat.”
The hashtag #MayorCheat became the number one trend on Twitter as Sanders supporters accused him of trying to “steal the election”.
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Buttigieg shrugged off the criticism and doubled down on his victory claims on CBS This Morning.
He said: “I think it’s safe to say no one in the country is more impatient than I am to hear the official results.
“Looking at what happened last night, looking at all of the data that we’ve got, it was an extraordinary night and we are absolutely victorious coming into New Hampshire.”
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