Thread by @MaryCaitlinByrd

.@PeteButtigieg opens by saying, “thanks be to God.” He says running for President is about humbling oneself because you go into middle school gyms, diners, churches and looking people in the eyes and asking for support. He admits he is a newcomer who may be unknown. #sc2020

He says that asking for the African American vote is especially humbling because he knows that vote was hard-fought and still faces suppression today. #SC2020

.@PeteButtigieg spends a large portion of his remarks acknowledging his own privilege as a white man without using the term. He makes the point via sharing the differences of the lived experiences of African Americans. #SC2020

.@PeteButtigieg says he doesnt have the experience of walking down the street and getting suspicious looks due to color of his skin. He says he does not have the experience of getting pulled over and gripping the steering wheel tighter in fear. (1/2) #sc2020

Many in congregation nod, and yes “yes” as @PeteButtigieg acknowledges this. He then promises that this is why he will surround himself w/people who do. Says over 40% of his campaign is people of color. He notes support of @jamooreforsc15 #sc2020

.@PeteButtigieg says his job as a president and a leader is not to claim that he has all the answers. Instead he says he will “lean not on my own understanding.” #SC2020

.@PeteButtigieg then reminds congregation that @realDonaldTrump once said “I alone can fix it.”
Buttigieg counters.
“Nobody this side of paradise can fix anything alone,”Buttigieg says, to applause and shouts of “yes.” #SC2020

In his appeal to black voters this morning, @PeteButtigieg says, “So many black lives are at stake in decisions that are being made right now in those big white buildings in Washington, DC.” #SC2020

.@PeteButtigieg appearing to acknowlege @JoeBiden here: “I know that I am asking a lot and especially as a newcomer having had a matter of months, rather than a matter of years or decades to invite people to learn my strengths and my weaknesses, my virtues and my faults.”#SC2020

.@PeteButtigieg in his remarks said there is a lot that needs fixing right now. He cites two distinctly local examples of the changes that have to be made for people of color: the shooting death of Walter Scott and the hate crime committed at Mother Emanuel AME Church. #SC2020

.@PeteButtigieg received a standing ovation for his remarks to the First Baptist Church of James Island. #SC2020

Pastor Charlie L. Murray, Jr. during his pastoral observation prayer says, “Brother Pete. Brother Pete. You keep fighting until the end. And surround yourself with people who will lift you up, not tear you down.” #SC2020

Pastor Charlie L. Murray, Jr. during his *altar prayer* says, “Brother Pete. Brother Pete. You keep fighting until the end. And surround yourself with people who will lift you up, not tear you down.” #SC2020
(Corrects earlier tweet that misidentified the prayer.)