Pete Buttigieg campaign has just made his problems with black support much worse

American Thinker ^ | 11/18/2019 | Thomas Lifson

[SeekAndFind]

The mainstream media has done its best to paper over Pete Buttigieg’s problems with attracting black support. They hate to admit that there could ever be conflict among members of “intersectional” grievance groups. Blacks, in particular, are to be shielded from any criticisms of collective behavior, which must always be supported, or at least “understood” in “context.”

But African-Americans have more negative attitudes toward homosexual behavior than other major demographic segments of the population, based at least in part on attendance at churches that have played a major role in the civil rights revolutions of the past 60 years, and are therefore somewhat sanctified and immune from criticism. So, we see almost nothing in the media addressing black opposition to Buttigieg based on his sexual practices.

The Buttigieg campaign, which is all about appearing, warm, fuzzy, and safe, is not about denounce “homophobia” among blacks. Instead, it tried to use endorsements from leading black figures in South Carolina for Buttigieg’s “Douglass Plan,” a scheme to address problems facing blacks.  Unfortunately, the campaign used a trick that has blown up in its face and is alienating blacks in South Carolina and elsewhere. Ryan Grim of The Intercept checked out the endorsements and found out the endorsees claimed had not heard of their endorsements. Chrissy Clark explains at The Federalist:

On October 24, Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg released an op-ed claiming more than 400 South Carolinians have endorsed his “Douglass Plan for Black America.” It turns out that the three black politicians listed at the top of his press release never endorsed the plan and 40 percent of the endorsement names listed are of white people.

[mom aka the evil dictator]

On top of all of the rest of his crap, this idiot and his team sent out an email stating that the recipient would be listed as endorsing Pete’s positions unless they opted out. Excuse me? I have to opt out? No that is not the way these things work. His campaign manager needs firing, but then again Pete needs firing.

[happilymarriedmom]

Not to mention he claims he’s a christian, then tells other christians their beliefs are wrong, we’ve misinterpreted the Bible. He’s sickening.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

Am I the only person in the country that has noticed the media including Fox avoiding the Elephant in the room as far as Mayor Pete’s candidacy is concerned? Namely that he is an announced Gay and is married to a Man. They don’t want to go there for fear of a “Gay Bashing” accusation, but does anybody think the American electorate is ready to elect a Gay President who would offer us a “First Husband”? Give me a break!

[TBP]

Excellent!

[jmacusa]

It's beyond sickening Madame. It all finally hit me square in the face about a week ago. I work at a local hospital here in southern NJ. I came into work to my departments breakroom to start my shift and sitting on a table were a stack of little hospital newsletters. Prominent on this thing was some chirpy announcement about the hospitals new “LGBT Health Initiative!'' "Highlighting the unique health needs of our LGBT Community!''. I said to myself "Good God Almighty, what have we come to?''.

[SunkenCiv]

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