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THREAD: The best way I know to defeat the narrative that Buttigieg has no black support is to elevate voices that are being erased. This thread includes endorsements & support from black voices. If you are going to comment on this topic please take the time to listen first:
U.S. Rep. Anthony Brown, of Maryland and member of Congressional Black Caucus endorses Buttigieg and serves as a national campaign co-chair: baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md…
Reggie Love, special assistant to Obama, endorses Buttigieg: politico.com/news/2019/12/0…
Illinois State Rep Lamont Robinson endorses Buttigieg: chicagocrusader.com/il-state-rep-l…
Iowa State Rep Phyllis Thede endorses Buttigieg: qctimes.com/news/local/iow…
Adam Hollier, Michigan State Senator endorses Buttigieg: detroitnews.com/story/opinion/…
Sean Shaw, former member of Florida House of Representatives & first black candidate in Florida history to win a major party nomination to seek the post of attorney general endorses Buttigieg: miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
Deborah Berry, former long-time Iowa state representative endorses Buttigieg: wcfcourier.com/news/local/ber…
Anderson, SC mayor Terence Roberts endorses Buttigieg: independentmail.com/story/news/202…
Sly James, former mayor of Kansas City endorses Buttigieg: kansascity.com/news/local/new…
Iowa black mayors have endorsed Buttigieg unanimously starting with Quentin Hart of Waterloo: apnews.com/15c55be2dc326f…
Iowa City mayor Bruce Teague endorses Buttigieg: blog.4president.org/2020/2020/02/m…
Maryland State Senator Will Smith endorses Buttigieg: mymcmedia.org/state-sen-will…
Mark Barbee, mayor of Bridgeport, PA endorses Buttigieg: facebook.com/mayormarkbarbe…
Laurens City Councilor Alicia Sullivan (South Carolina) endorses Buttigieg:
golaurens.com/news/councilor…
Chesnee (South Carolina) Councilwoman Verhonda Crawford endorses Buttigieg:
blog.4president.org/2020/2020/01/p…
Davin Clemons, Memphis City Council District 6 Candidate, endorses Buttigieg:
Miss Black America Ryann Richardson has endorsed Buttigieg with a thoughtful and powerful editorial: thegrio.com/2020/01/10/mis…
Locally, Buttigieg has a great deal of support from the black community. Here is Apostle Michael Patton, President of the South Bend NAACP who has endorsed Buttigieg:
South Bend councilwoman Sharon McBride is a national campaign co-chair for the Buttigieg campaign:
Community organizer Gladys Muhammed and director at the South Bend Heritage foundation on her support of Buttigieg:
Dr. Janet Evelyn, former president of Ivy Tech Community College and local South Bend entrepreneur is on the campaign trail for Pete in early states:
Marilyn Gachaw, South Bend resident of 15 years, on her support of Pete:
Kareemah Fowler, former South Bend City Clerk and current CFO of South Bend Schools endorses Buttigieg:
Arielle Brandy, Indiana State Director for Pete For America, and one of 40% of staff of color working for Buttigieg:
Dawn, a South Bend resident and mother of eight – five whom are black men, supports Buttigieg:
Amika & Breana, two sisters with a family that goes back generations in South Bend tell their story. One works for the campaign and the other travels to early states, on her own dime, to support Buttigieg: goodguypete.podbean.com/e/interview-am…
Cordelia Lewis Burks, Vice Chairwoman of the Indiana Democratic Party shares her point of view of Buttigieg’s black support in Indiana and the misrepresentation of such in the media:
Civil Rights attorney and ACLU policy director on her involvement in forming the Buttigieg campaign’s Douglass Plan:
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