On Saturday morning’s The Weekend on MS NOW, co-hosts Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels, and Jackie Alemany reacted with visible emotion — Capehart especially overcome — to Pete Buttigieg’s Substack post detailing an anonymous false report to Child Protective Services that temporarily upended his family.
The incident was undeniably serious: An unidentified caller alleged Buttigieg confessed to “unspeakable violent crimes” during a supposed meeting in Alabama. Police and CPS responded. Buttigieg was separated from his four-year-old twins for 24 hours pending interviews.
Authorities quickly found the claims unsubstantiated, with the officer reportedly deeming the call politically motivated. Buttigieg noted he has never been to the town in question.
Capehart introduced the segment with visible distress:
“This story is enraging on so many levels. As Secretary Buttigieg pointed out, this is Pride Month, LGBTQ Pride Month… I think leaders should step out there and say that as Secretary Pete points out in his piece, in politics, children are supposed to be sacrosanct. You’re supposed to leave them alone. These are four-year-olds, four-year-olds!”
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