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Updated February 19th, 2020 at 12:00 IST

Buttigieg: It's urgent to fight white supremacy

Democratic Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg says he'd use the "symbolic powers of the presidency" to call out and reject anti-Semitism, saying it's urgent to confront white supremacy.

Buttigieg: It's urgent to fight white supremacy
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Democratic Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg says he'd use the "symbolic powers of the presidency" to call out and reject anti-Semitism, saying it's urgent to confront white supremacy.

Buttigieg said at a Las Vegas town hall Tuesday that white supremacy has come closer than any foreign nation or terrorist group to destroying the United States. He says Donald Trump's presidency has seen the rise of bigotry that has been simmering beneath the surface. And he criticized Trump's response to deadly violence by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia when Trump said there are "very fine people on both sides." Buttigieg says, "I think we might live to see which side wins."

Buttigieg's fresh face, intellect and turn-the-page message won votes across many demographic groups in the kickoff states. Now the promise of his candidacy is colliding with the reality of the central question about his viability: Can he win among minority voters who form the critical foundation of the party's base?

That will be tested soon in Nevada and South Carolina.

Buttigieg's strategy is to earn a fresh look from black and brown voters by flashing his support in the first two contests, drawing on the validation of minority leaders who have endorsed him and leveraging the personal networks of his supporters.

 

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Published February 19th, 2020 at 12:00 IST

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