Pete & Chasten Buttigieg Been Targeted For Homophobic Attack, Gets False Call To CPS

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Pete Buttigieg said Friday that an anonymous child protective services allegation brought police and a Child Protective Services worker to his family’s home this week, forced his 4-year-old twins into forensic interviews, and left him briefly separated from them before authorities concluded the report was false.

In a deeply personal Substack post titled “A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family,” the former transportation secretary described the incident as a “cruel, politically motivated hoax” that invaded his home, frightened his family, and pulled his children into the brutal machinery of American politics.

“Someone decided to hurt our family this week,” Buttigieg wrote. “I’m furious, and I want to share what happened.”

In a statement to The Advocate, Michigan State Police said it received an anonymous report this week and referred the matter to Child Protective Services.

“The Michigan State Police and Child Protective Services responded and determined the report was false,” the agency said in a statement provided by Shanon Banner, director of the department’s Communications and Outreach Division. “False reports are dangerous and divert law enforcement officers and Child Protective Services workers from responding to legitimate emergencies and protecting vulnerable children and families.”

Buttigieg, the first out gay Cabinet secretary confirmed by the U.S. Senate, wrote that a police officer and CPS worker came to his home and told him there had been an allegation against him involving his and husband Chasten Buttigieg’s twins. He said he was told a forensic interview had been arranged for the children the next day, that no family member could be present, and that he would not learn the nature of the allegation until after the interviews were completed.

Then, Buttigieg wrote, the CPS worker told him he should not be alone with his children until the interview.

“The twenty-four hours until they returned are among the darkest hours of my life,” he wrote.

The Associated Press reported Friday that Buttigieg was forced to spend a night away from his children and that a Michigan State Police officer and a child protective services worker came to the family’s home after the anonymous report.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services forwarded The Advocate’s inquiry to Michigan State Police.

Buttigieg said the anonymous caller claimed to have spoken to a woman who alleged she had met him at a conference years earlier in Alabama, where she said Buttigieg had confessed to “unspeakable violent crimes.” Buttigieg wrote that the officer asked whether he had ever been to the town where the woman claimed she had met him. Buttigieg said he had not.

“The officer made clear that he believed this was politically motivated, and said it would not be referred to a prosecutor,” Buttigieg wrote. He said the CPS worker also indicated that she had found nothing to substantiate the allegation, though the agency's process would take longer to complete formally.

The post describes an escalating threat to public figures and their families. Buttigieg compared it to swatting, in which someone makes a false emergency report intended to send armed police to a target’s home. In this case, he wrote, the child welfare system was used instead.

“Even so, this is different,” he wrote. “My in-laws had to explain to my children, whom we have taught to avoid talking to strangers, that they would need to have a conversation, one at a time and for nearly an hour each, in a place they’d never been, with adults they did not know, who would ask questions we weren’t allowed to know either.”

Pete Buttigieg and Chasten Buttigieg have long been targets of anti-LGBTQ+ attacks, including attacks on their marriage, parenthood, and visibility as a same-sex family in national politics. Buttigieg wrote that the family is “used to nasty, hateful, and sometimes violent things being said about us and even about our family,” but said this was the first time someone had “managed to invade our lives like this — and drag our children into it.”

Buttigieg emphasized that the officer, CPS worker, and forensic interviewers were professional and “just following procedure,” writing that child welfare workers have difficult jobs protecting children from harm. In this case, he wrote, their time and resources were wasted by an allegation that authorities quickly rejected.

Buttigieg said making a false report is a crime and that he intends to pursue any available legal options.

 

https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/buttigieg-family-cps-hoax

Edited June 28 by RAMROD

[ALGAYDO 35,135]

WTF? Dude, MAGAts are so ****ing dangerous…. 

[Lucas 31,130]

38 minutes ago, ALGAYDO said:

WTF? Dude, MAGAts are so ****ing dangerous…. 

I mean, didn't they straight up kill some democrat politicians?

[ALGAYDO 35,135]

45 minutes ago, Lucas said:

I mean, didn't they straight up kill some democrat politicians?

I’m so desensitized by the atrocities going down in my country that I completely forgot about that…

and my country is the US… 

[elijahfan 27,484]

1 hour ago, ALGAYDO said:

WTF? Dude, MAGAts are so ****ing dangerous…. 

They want to « protect the children », and yet had no problem creating a traumatizing situation for these 2 kids…

[Bronco 25,131]

I know some people including the Buttigiegs are avoiding criticising the police & social services here, but as someone who works in the youth sector and has (UK) safeguarding training. 
Why the **** were these kids taken away for 24 hours for a traumatic investigative process on the basis of an anonymous complaing that neither the police or the social services believed was legitimate? 

Fully supportive of investigating risks to children, but there was no proportional thought in the actions by CPS here. 
Interview the dads, interview the kids seperately on a home visit or have them come in with the dads to the office sure. A full 24 hour removal on the basis of an anonymous tip off which is just second hand gossip? Needlessly traumatic for those young kids. 

Like there are legitimate safeguarding concerns passed by mandated reporters all the time where the CPS do **** all. But this time they went full guns blazing and we're supposed to respect them and believe they were just following protocol? Bullshit. 

[Economy 52,861]

6 hours ago, Bronco said:

I know some people including the Buttigiegs are avoiding criticising the police & social services here, but as someone who works in the youth sector and has (UK) safeguarding training. 
Why the **** were these kids taken away for 24 hours for a traumatic investigative process on the basis of an anonymous complaing that neither the police or the social services believed was legitimate? 

Fully supportive of investigating risks to children, but there was no proportional thought in the actions by CPS here. 
Interview the dads, interview the kids seperately on a home visit or have them come in with the dads to the office sure. A full 24 hour removal on the basis of an anonymous tip off which is just second hand gossip? Needlessly traumatic for those young kids. 

Like there are legitimate safeguarding concerns passed by mandated reporters all the time where the CPS do **** all. But this time they went full guns blazing and we're supposed to respect them and believe they were just following protocol? Bullshit. 

Child abuse cases are serious and most jurisdictions have procedures to follow

 

Im not an expert in their State or Bilaws but I have to assume even if the cops didnt personally believe it to he legitimate they still had to go thru a whole cheraid

[Bronco 25,131]

Just now, Economy said:

Child abuse cases are serious and most jurisdictions have procedures to follow

 

Im not an expert in their State or Bilaws but I have to assume even if the cops didnt personally believe it to he legitimate they still had to go thru a whole cheraid

They absolutely do, but CPS in all jurisdictions regularly ignore legitimate concerns raised by trained professionals which leads to numerous cases of abuse being allowed because of CPS failings.

So it is incredibly suspect that in this instance they took very extreme steps to respond to a rumour they didn't believe. Especially as under Michigan's rules CPS have the ability to reject a case if they believe there's not enough basis to investigate. 

Michigan CPS are supposed to be able to verify a report to them through a reliable source with first hand information (e.g. a direct witness of abuse, or a mandated reporter being told directly by the child). 

The allegation in this case was of an historical crime having been confessed to a number of years ago, to a person the anonymous claiment claims to have known. 

The police should under Michigan's provisions only remove the children (which they can do without court permission) if they are certain there is an immediate threat to the children. 

The police at no point believed there was and said they believed it was politically motivated. 

Simply put, the CPS and the Michigan Police force clearly ignored the publicly available procedures and have wilfully inflicted unnecessary trauma upon toddlers.  And questions should be asked as to who in the Police Dept & CPS signed off an needless emergency removal when both agencies in that 24 hour removal window pending the preliminary hearing were briefing the family that they had no legitimate reason to suspect the allegation and more importantly had no reliable or verifiable information to act on in the first place. 

And from a quick google search, there are numerous recent audits of Michigan CPS identifying common failures in their activities. And high profile cases under current litigation and political scrutiny as well https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/investigations/2026/02/04/a-crash-and-burn-disaster-michigan-senator-pushes-for-cps-reform-after-5-year-olds-death/ 

There is zero doubt in my mind that the overzealous and unnecessary actions in this case are politically motivated. And very likely to be a CPS service senior leadership team trying to make a high profile case to deflect from their failures.

[Economy 52,861]

29 minutes ago, Bronco said:

They absolutely do, but CPS in all jurisdictions regularly ignore legitimate concerns raised by trained professionals which leads to numerous cases of abuse being allowed because of CPS failings.

So it is incredibly suspect that in this instance they took very extreme steps to respond to a rumour they didn't believe. Especially as under Michigan's rules CPS have the ability to reject a case if they believe there's not enough basis to investigate. 

Michigan CPS are supposed to be able to verify a report to them through a reliable source with first hand information (e.g. a direct witness of abuse, or a mandated reporter being told directly by the child). 

The allegation in this case was of an historical crime having been confessed to a number of years ago, to a person the anonymous claiment claims to have known. 

The police should under Michigan's provisions only remove the children (which they can do without court permission) if they are certain there is an immediate threat to the children. 

The police at no point believed there was and said they believed it was politically motivated. 

Simply put, the CPS and the Michigan Police force clearly ignored the publicly available procedures and have wilfully inflicted unnecessary trauma upon toddlers.  And questions should be asked as to who in the Police Dept & CPS signed off an needless emergency removal when both agencies in that 24 hour removal window pending the preliminary hearing were briefing the family that they had no legitimate reason to suspect the allegation and more importantly had no reliable or verifiable information to act on in the first place. 

And from a quick google search, there are numerous recent audits of Michigan CPS identifying common failures in their activities. And high profile cases under current litigation and political scrutiny as well https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/investigations/2026/02/04/a-crash-and-burn-disaster-michigan-senator-pushes-for-cps-reform-after-5-year-olds-death/ 

There is zero doubt in my mind that the overzealous and unnecessary actions in this case are politically motivated. And very likely to be a CPS service senior leadership team trying to make a high profile case to deflect from their failures.

Perhaps.

 

Tho tbh had the CPS dismissed I fear it could potentially have even been worse for them had it gotten out. It probably would have created a narrative that "these corrupt democrats" are being protected by the law. It would end up spiraling into something worse

 

 

[Togekiss 3,124]

36 minutes ago, Economy said:

Perhaps.

 

Tho tbh had the CPS dismissed I fear it could potentially have even been worse for them had it gotten out. It probably would have created a narrative that "these corrupt democrats" are being protected by the law. It would end up spiraling into something worse

 

 

It’s so sad but you’re probably right… good lord I hope we start turning things around in November 

[Bronco 25,131]

3 hours ago, Economy said:

Perhaps.

 

Tho tbh had the CPS dismissed I fear it could potentially have even been worse for them had it gotten out. It probably would have created a narrative that "these corrupt democrats" are being protected by the law. It would end up spiraling into something worse

 

 

I mean, the only way it could get out is if the anonymous claiment broke their anonymity which would open them up to the lawsuit the buttigiegs are threatening.

So this is just blatant CPS failures. They've deliberately traumatised 2 toddlers, if I was Pete I'd be demanding their jobs were forfeit given the dept's history and their failure to follow procedure.

Its a multi-million lawsuit case in the US.

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13 hours ago, ALGAYDO said:

WTF? Dude, MAGAts are so ****ing dangerous…. 

 

13 hours ago, Lucas said:

I mean, didn't they straight up kill some democrat politicians?

And people wonder why I advocate for the MAGA voter base to face political punishments.