They’re a cypher. Pete Buttigeig doesn’t “believe” anything, per se. A belief for someone like Buttigeig is something that is transacted for via a campaign donation.

Buttigeig wants power and will adopt whatever beliefs they think will get them there. And importantly, this kind of vapid, corporate candidate, panel tested politics is why the Democrats struggle as mightily as they do. A Buttigeig doesn’t stand for anything, and so they come across as incredibly disingenuous because they are.