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Originally Posted by JPhillips
But Pete gets almost no support from African-Americans. That's a big problem.
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A huge problem. I hate to say it, as a very socially progressive liberal, but the rest of America isn’t ready to nominate a gay man to the Presidency. Did you all see the voter who changed her vote when she found out he was gay?
Iowa Voter Shocked To Learn Buttigieg Is Gay, Asks To Change Vote | NBC News - YouTube
Unfortunate reality, but true. And it’s not puzzling at all why the African American community, which Pete will desperately need in the general, doesn’t support him, as that demographic is particularly not very “pro gay” historically. I don’t see that budging at all, unless of course Obama endorses him/and or Michelle is his VP. His only hope really.
Finally, just because he is young, does not mean he will have young support. He doesn’t actually. In fact, they don’t like him, like, at all. Hell, the gay community doesn’t even particularly like him.
Why Pete Buttigieg Enrages the Young Left - POLITICO