Pete Buttigieg's fast rise in recent early-state polls has come with new scrutiny and made him a big target in tomorrow's debate
on Friday. The publication also found that not all the endorsers of the plan were African Americans, to which the campaign said it was “clear that not every supporter of the plan is Black, and have never claimed otherwise in any public communication.”
Tameika Isaac Devine, a Columbia, S.C., city councilwoman — and one of the people who sought clarification that she had endorsed Buttigieg’s policy plan but not his candidacy — said Buttigieg’s “biggest issue is that people don’t know him” in South Carolina. Earlier this week, Sen. Kamala Harris previewed a possible line of attack on Pete Buttigieg. | Nati Harnik/AP Photo
“No one’s yet talked about electability as it relates to Buttigieg, but Pete hasn’t ever won a big race, winning a college town with a few thousand votes … and he’s shown himself to be tone deaf with communities of color, so all of that matters here,” Katz said. “Can he hold his own in the big leagues?”
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