{"id":138485,"date":"2019-03-30T17:15:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T23:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=138485"},"modified":"2019-03-30T17:15:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T23:15:55","slug":"how-do-you-pronounce-buttigieg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/30\/how-do-you-pronounce-buttigieg.html","title":{"rendered":"How DO you pronounce &#8220;Buttigieg&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/buttigieg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138487\" title=\"buttigieg\" src=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/buttigieg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/buttigieg.jpg 582w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/buttigieg-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/buttigieg-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 85vw, 582px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pete Buttigieg, the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is one of the flock of Democrats running for the presidential nomination in 2020. 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