Pete Buttigieg is blasted for suggesting America’s ‘tit for tat’ with Iran caused the plane crash | Daily Mail Online
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is facing sharp criticism after suggesting the innocent civilians killed in a plane crash shot down by Iran‘s military died in a ‘unwanted tit for tat’ between Washington and Tehran.
Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, made the controversial statement on Twitter after reports revealed the downed Ukrainian aircraft was mistakenly shot after it was thought to be a U.S. bomber by Iran.
He wrote: ‘Innocent civilians are now dead because they were caught in the middle of an unnecessary and unwanted military tit for tat.’
‘My thoughts are with the families and loved ones of all 176 souls lost aboard this flight,’ he added.
Aha.