It’s wild to see the party of “families values” outraged that Pete Buttigieg took paternity leave. It’s hilarious to see that same party express outrage that he received paid leave yet sat by silently while Trump spent more than 310 days golfing on the taxpayer’s dime.

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I kinda have to agree. I love Pete but this is not the right moment to take time off.

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It’s never the right time. There will always be a crisis as we know. Americans are uniquely horrible here with regard to prioritizing families. And women usually end up getting hosed due to the notion that taking off of work to care for a newborn is seen as a luxury and something that just requires one parent. But back to your point, I have never heard anyone say “what a great time to take a few weeks off!” We had the biggest fire drill in our company’s history a few weeks ago and a fellow MD on the engagement peaced out for newborn baby duty. We all covered him!

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If you serve in government you own the outcomes. He has the right to paternity leave. He also has the obligation to own the current supply chain situation. He’s not a salaried employee - he serves at our pleasure as an aspect of the current administration. Right now he isn’t serving and the current administration is tanking. I guess Pete is weighing up whether it’s better to be absent when the ship goes down or on deck trying to bail.

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Biden approval? Who cares. Most of the population is incapable of understanding the dynamic nature of the world and instead just look at gas prices or Tucker Carlson and decide Biden's doing a poor job

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I think if you take a Cabinet Level position you need to serve. Disappointed to see Sec Buttigieg not engaged during the crucial period is negotiating an infrastructure bill and when we have massive supply chain issues.

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It’s funny that whenever someone non-white or non-straight gets a job, somebody pins it on their identity. Trump pick wildly unqualified people and nobody said “it’s because Steve is white!” Thinking Pete got the job because of his sexual orientation is just the GOP showing their obsession with identity politics.

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Also, if it’s such a crucial time to address these issues, why aren’t any republicans pressing democrats to bring bills to the floor so they can vote and approve them with total bipartisan support? Why are the republicans playing games with the debt ceiling?

Blaming the guy who was appointed to a position, for issues caused by the inaction of officials elected to their positions, is a new one for me.

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I like Pete and I'm all in favor of Paternity leave having used it myself...but..there's a certain level of job where there's an expectation of personal sacrifice. Cabinet secretary is, in my opinion, at that level. Especially considering that it is, by all measure a political and temporary job.

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Like noted above- just fake outrage whipped up by FOX News

Who is outraged?

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👆This is someone who doesn’t understand
It’s ok, not many do.

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Yeah I listened to Shapiro's podcast today and thought it was a fairly pathetic angle of attack. Why would you not support someone prioritizing family. Good for Pete. Now he should probably focus on the massive issues the Biden admin has caused.

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P1, that’s not the issue right now. If you look at our ports, there are ships just waiting to be be unloaded. Why we don’t have 3 shifts for 24x7 unloading is wild, but unions stopped that.

We also have a massive labor shortage of OTR truckers to move said goods once unloaded.

So it’s a multifaceted issue we are facing.

Trump was on golf leave and/or executive TV time leave for 90% of his time in office, but you’re outraged by Pete taking the paternity leave to which he is entitled? Alrighty then.

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I don’t think anyone in this comment thread has much issues with the time off. And I think we’d also agree to the heart of most problems being a lack of good parenting, which you probably see more than any of us.

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To me this story just proves why big govt will never be better than the private sector. Would anyone at the SM or PPMD level whose partner is able to stay home really take this much time? Would their practice be able to perform without them for that long? The craziest part of this is that no one seemed to notice or care that he was out, which again to me just shows that department just doesn’t do all that much.

D1 maybe you should be asking why you don’t see it instead of not believing it happens at other firms.

IMHO, anyone in management should always take their time allowed for maternity/paternity leave. That is how this behavior becomes normal and expected.

If you think less of someone because they use their time off, you need to do some self reflection on why that is.

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Exactly, why do we even need this position in the first place?

Aren’t they removing paid family leave now?

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