Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumBlack South Carolinians Say Buttigieg Campaign Misleadingly Touted Their Support
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/black-south-carolinians-say-buttigieg-campaign-misleadingly-touted-their-support-183906208.html
In a report from The Intercept on Friday, three Black Democratic officials in South Carolina said the Buttigieg campaign intentionally and misleadingly implied they were supporters of Buttigieg in various press releases and promotional items.
Columbia City councilwoman Tameika Devine, state representative Rev. Ivory Thigpen and Johnnie Cordero, chair of the state partys Black Caucus, say although they agreed when asked by the Buttigieg campaign to offer their general support for the South Bend mayors effort to promote dialogue around racism and racial inequality, they were ultimately presented to the public as endorsers of a specific Buttigieg plan and the Buttigieg candidacy as a whole.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
nycbos
(6,038 posts)Lot of potential but not ready for the show.
When it comes to outreach to African Americans he has had one unforced error after another.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
phandancer917
(145 posts)Mayor Pete is doing as well as he can considering the anti-gay bias hoisted upon many people that attend Southern churches. He is playing against a stacked deck.
As much as I want Pete to get elected, I do not think a gay man will be able to succeed with the in place bias' -- but we did get Barack Obama elected in a country filled with racist idiots.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
nycbos
(6,038 posts)... both candidates in the runoff were black women.
Lori Lightfoot the eventual winner is openly gay. (I met her wife Amy)
Towards the end organizations tied to her opponent tried some dog whistling about her being gay. Lori won every ward in the city.
Homophobia exists in every community. I am not African-American but I have worked on campaigns in six states.
Many of my African-American friends and acquaintance that I have come across (all allies in the fight for equality) aren't big on Pete.
It pains me to say it because the 2nd best candidate I ever worked for is supporting him.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PDittie
(8,322 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,343 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Celerity
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
theaocp
(4,245 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,343 posts)If Bernie had done this? Oooooh boy, the fur would be flying.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)(since we're both of us pretending what reactions would be... )
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
melman
(7,681 posts)Hilarious. If this had been Bernie there would be unrelenting fury for months.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
theaocp
(4,245 posts)Unrelenting fury is a selective art.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
The Valley Below
(1,701 posts)Someone must feel threatened.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden