Pete Buttigieg briefly separated from his kids over false report - NBC News

[Rhiannon12866]

Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg says he was separated from his four-year-old twins after an anonymous report was made to Child Protective Services that authorities have confirmed was false. NBC News’ Jonathan Allen explains Buttigieg’s response to what he is calling a politically motivated attack. - Aired on 06/26/2026.

[Skittles]

1. utterly disgraceful

WTF

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I could not agree more, this is the most reprehensible form of "swatting," when young kids are involved

And Pete Buttigieg did nothing to deserve it.

[Skittles]

9. what kills me is

the resulted actually accomplished abuse - this would be traumatizing to the parents and the kids.....hoping it is a felony

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Same here. The result was abuse of both young children and their parents when there was none to begin with

I also hope they identify the perpetrators and the result becomes national news.

[Deuxcents]

3. Why wasn't this call investigated to be a legitimate matter before they came in and interrogated the kids?

Why wasn’t this handled in a professional manner instead of shoot from the hip and get facts later?

[Blue Owl]

5. Almost wouldn't surprise me if some right-wing LEO was in on it

And helping cover it up….

[Rhiannon12866]

6. I'd guess that the anonymous report said that young kids were involved

But the last person that deserved this cruel form of "swatting" would be Pete Buttigieg. And I'm sure it was traumatic for the kids as well. I sure hope that law enforcement gets to the bottom of this.

[Blue Owl]

4. I hope this is a turning point for MAGA

As in they finally bury themselves after they’ve shown just how utterly ugly and inhumane they truly are….

[Deuxcents]

7. I hope you're right but they've terrorized lots of kids so maybe it will be the line in the sand kinda thing

[Figarosmom]

8. This was by a trump ally I'd wager and I don't mean

one of his cult. I mean an operative. This will be used if Pete decides to run for office. There will be insinuations of him being investigated for child abuse and of course he was "investigated".