At first glance, South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg seems like the perfect presidential candidate: articulate, intelligent, and charismatic. Too bad he’s also awful at his job.

Buttigieg is polling at 7% according to RealClearPolitics polling average, fourth place in the Democratic primary race. Yet it’s a shame that so many Democrats are falling for his ruse. Not all residents of South Bend are as fond of their mayor as the liberal media is. Hosting a town hall in his community over the weekend, Mayor Pete tried to calm his constituents down in the aftermath of a local shooting of an African American man by a police officer. They weren’t buying it.