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Related: About this forumPete Buttigieg's unfinished business in South Bend could come back to haunt him
Black leaders in the 2020 presidential candidate's hometown are frustrated as their mayor heads out the door.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/pete-buttigieg-s-unfinished-business-south-bend-could-come-back-n1106026
SOUTH BEND, Ind. As Pete Buttigieg prepares to leave office after two terms as mayor here at the end of the year, one important job remains undone improving life for the African American community.
And the troublesome issue of race relations in this Rust Belt city of 100,000 won't fade for Buttigieg once his tenure at City Hall ends; indeed, it will only become more prominent now that he has solidified his standing among the top Democratic presidential contenders, even becoming a target of attacks from his rivals in last week's debate.
That lingering and sometimes raw unhappiness and frustration in South Bend, where blacks make up about a quarter of the population, with 32 percent living in poverty (a decline from about 50 percent from before the mayor took office), threaten to upend candidate Buttigieg's efforts to court African Americans in early-voting states such as South Carolina, where he faces enormous hurdles in winning their crucial support.
In interviews last week with NBC News, black leaders in South Bend expressed anger on multiple fronts about their outgoing mayor that he didn't do enough in his eight years in office to help the community, that one of his signature initiatives fell woefully short and that he never attempted locally what he's now proposing on the campaign trail nationally.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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David__77
(23,423 posts)...
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
David__77
(23,423 posts)...
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)...but then again it might not come back to haunt him. I guess we'll see when the votes start getting counted in a couple of months.
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Cha
(297,323 posts)using his avatar to attack Mayor Pete?
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still_one
(92,234 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,323 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)and Hassin bin Sober stand. Either one trying to pull a Biden pin for the primary is like the Jolly Green Giant trying to mimic a purple, two foot tall person
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George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)mainly posts as a Bernie supporter, he has been using the Biden avatar for select posts.
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Cha
(297,323 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Autumn
(45,109 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
sheshe2
(83,793 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,593 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Autumn
(45,109 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Demsrule86
(68,593 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
patricia92243
(12,597 posts)"with 32 percent living in poverty (a decline from about 50 percent from before the mayor took office)'
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George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Care to talk about what prompted that kind of major switch?
Life event? The last debate?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NYMinute
(3,256 posts)When one has been a staunch opponent of centrist candidates and posts besmirching centrist candidates all the time facetiously shows preferred candidate as Biden, whatever remained of the credibility is gone forever.
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Cha
(297,323 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)I thought I might have one here in the house.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden