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How do you make a 44-year-old animatronic rodent appeal to today's kids? (hexbear.net)

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A tweet from GuilloTeen Vogue (@leftistbeard) on June 28, 2025. It has a screenshot from a Los Angeles Times article entitled 'How do you make a 44-year-old animatronic rodent appeal to today's kids?' with a header image of two paintings of Chuck E. Cheese's head in a pop art style. The tweet is in response to a June 27 tweet from Political Polls (@Ppollingnumbers) which reads "Frontrunner Pete Buttigieg has 0% support in the black community for 2028 according to a new Emerson poll" and shows a photo of a clean-shaven Pete Buttigieg in profile looking stonefaced.

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[-] RuthBaderGonesburg@hexbear.net 57 points 3 weeks ago

And when dems lose they will say it’s because the blacks are homophobic

[-] Blakey@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago

have you considered that refusing to support a gay politician just because he's a disgusting, mask-off white supremacist really is homophobic?

[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 44 points 3 weeks ago

during his primary run, didn't an unarmed black dude get shot by the cops in Indiana... if not specifically South Bend?

maybe I dreamed all this, but I swear his handling of it was extremely out of touch, ex. not wanting to return to the town that elected him to manage the situation in the ground, treating it all like a nuisance to his campaign aspirations, and generally acting like his campaign for highest executive office of the US was going to benefit the community of South Bend more than him doing his actual job at the time would.

it was all crazy triangulated to avoid showing him taking a side in his community, itself a microcosm of the over-policed gentrifying rust belt town. and as a result, clyburn is literally the only black person who supports his career aspirations.

edit: yep, here it is.

https://apnews.com/article/police-shootings-lawsuits-indiana-campaigns-8570a3791aca9ee1f898c852f390d3be

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 38 points 3 weeks ago

Mayo Pete doesn't care about Black People.

https://theintercept.com/2019/12/19/pete-buttigieg-south-bend-i-cant-breathe-shirts/

[-] sexywheat@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

What tf kind of name is "South Bend" for a city anyway? That's like calling a place "East Area" or "North Place".

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

[-] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

Remember a kid getting killed crossing the street and he was more worried that it would paint his consulting firm designed intersection project in a bad light.

https://www.abc57.com/news/mayor-responds-after-deadly-intersection-accident-defends-smart-streets

[-] Buptendo@hexbear.net 36 points 3 weeks ago

Look if we dems dont win, then its your fault.

When the republicans win, we wont stop them and well even support them in many cases, to hurt you. And its your fault.

You need to be punished, fall in line and vote for someone you hate or get the hose again

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 36 points 3 weeks ago

I'm going on a quest to find one black buttigieg supporter

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

Haven’t even met a white supporter outside of the internet

[-] spudnik@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

Worst payoff in quest history

[-] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 33 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

the unhinged scorn and contempt i have for this dude is insane

1/2 of it is him being fucking worthless as Sec of Transportation. post-2020 the airlines are in shambles, cargo shipping container shortages, trucker employment issues with supply chains from everything, and railroad crises.

i mean a train carrying hazardous material fucking exploded and he could've used that to push for infrastructure projects/funding to improve the railroads+jobs - alongside the fucking railroad worker strike. NOPE. literally everything is on fire and the ratfuck decides to have a kid and go on parental leave???? he's fucking gay he can have a kid WHENEVER HE WANTS including when Trump wins reelection. ffs

the other 1/2 is all the annoying Get Out white Obama-loving clueless liberals adore the shit out of him

[-] uSSRI@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

You could add an extra 1/2 of hating him on his performance as "small town mayo" too

[-] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 28 points 3 weeks ago

Frontrunner is such an insane word to use. Maybe Trump's promise to get rid of elections is just an agreement with the Dems to keep gassing up unelectable losers for the rest of time.

[-] Notcontenttobequiet@hexbear.net 28 points 3 weeks ago

I'm surprised that the media isn't gassing up Gruesome Gavin. The fact that anyone is talking about Pete is laughable. He has no sauce. Frontrunner???

[-] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 24 points 3 weeks ago

Newsom is easier to attack cause you can just blame anything bad happening in California on him. It also doesnt help that he is constantly capitulating to republicans on policies which are causing the problems in California.

Dems care way too much about appeasing Republicans on paper, when they'll literally never be satisfied and it does nothing to win them over

[-] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago

I'll have you know Gavin will personally show up to homeless encampments to throw their belongings away.

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago

He is now from some polls but we're so far from that election it doesn't even matter. We still have so many years of Trump it's crazy they're even talking about that election.