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They stayed with their grandparents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe twenty-four hours until they returned are among the darkest hours of my life,\u201d Buttigieg wrote. \u201cThis is the ugliest thing that has happened to me since my career in service began.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg said \u201cthe officer made clear that he believed this was politically motivated, and said it would not be referred to a prosecutor.\u201d He and his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, were reunited with their children the next day, after they were interviewed by professionals.<\/p>\n<p>The potential 2028 presidential contender said that he does not know the identity of the person who called but noted that the call took place soon after he shared photos of his family on social media for Father\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=717\">Trump Critic John Bolton Pleads Guilty to Mishandling Classified Info<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg, a Democrat who ran for president in 2020 and then served in former President Joe Biden\u2019s Cabinet, said the incident is \u201cdifferent\u201d from the \u201ccruelty, lies, and even deadly violence [that] have been directed at political figures across the ideological spectrum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot let American politics keep going in this direction,\u201d he wrote. \u201cAnd we must not all go on as if it\u2019s acceptable for this kind of thing to be part of the cost of entering public service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg said he will press civil or criminal charges against the caller, if possible.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Buttigieg declined to comment further on the incident on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=715\">Graham Platner\u2019s Next Hurdle: Winning Moderates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The potential 2028 presidential contender said it was \u201cthe ugliest thing that has happened to me since my career in service began.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-democrats"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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