As he labors to win over black voters, Mayor Buttigieg turns to Rev. William Barber II to discuss racism and poverty.
Buttigieg discussed topics from health care to climate change during the forum that followed the church’s Sunday service, to which a campaign spokesman confirmed that the mayor brought his own Bible. Even before the candidate began speaking, however, Barber sought to defuse a question thatfor Buttigieg in his struggle to break through with black voters: whether being gay plays any role in his troubles with a constituency that can trend more socially conservative.
Buttigieg’s problems gaining ground with black voters have persisted since earlier in his campaign, whentough questions back home after the shooting of an African-American man by a white South Bend police officer.
His appearance at Barber’s congregation delivered a third benefit to the 37-year-old White House contender by giving Buttigieg a chance to show his comfort with hisButtigieg roused the crowd in Barber’s church by remarking that although politicians “are often specifically advised to speak to the middle class,” the Bible urges awareness of the plight of the poor.
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