Pete Buttigieg Explains His Agenda For Black Voters
The 2020 Democratic candidate and mayor of a majority-white Indiana city has gone on urban radio and spoke to a major civil rights group and has addressed why he once said "all lives matter."
Pete Buttigieg, a Democratic presidential candidate and the mayor of a small, majority-white city, came to New York this week to appeal to black voters.
"I believe an agenda for black Americans needs to include five things that all of us care about: homeownership, entrepreneurship, education, health and justice," the mayor of South Bend, Ind., told the audience at the National Action Network's conference.
The annual gathering, led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, is a key stop for Democratic presidential candidates. Buttigieg also affirmed to Sharpton that as president, he would sign a bill that would start a study of reparations.
Aside from the conference, Buttigieg, which has a audience, and been interviewed by magazine.
