Mayor Pete Can't Get Black Support Is Lazy Liberal Media White Guilt

Arrests for mar1juana possession are bs
Arrests for mar1juana possession obstensively as a "key initiative" to stop violent crimes is even more bs



and btw, I can call that bs without it having anything to do with race

And the biggest bs is to have a President who actually believes fighting mar1juana possession is a plan to stop violent crimes. Are we in the '80s? Bring on the mar1juana Czar!

I know your post is more than just media narratives on mar1juana possession initiatives of Pete, but I have zero problem with him having to answer that question. zero. You're in the Big game now Pete, and your answer was bs

 

There’s always self fulfilling prophecy that the MSM projects and feeds on a loop until it becomes reality in the minds of voters.

Most blatant MSM false narrative: “The economy is doing great under Trump”.

With Mayor Pete yes there are some reasons why from the beginning he had trouble gaining support with the black community. There was an issue in South Bend with the police chief. There is the issue of older black evangelical Democrats who believe being gay is an abomination in the Bible. There are issues Pete has yes....

But those issues pale in comparison to media narrative. I think the op might be indirectly getting to this conclusion with the mar1juana thing.

 

Again Bernie's civil rights activism gives him rapport with African Americans. This man was fighting against segregation and police brutality in the '60s.



A picture is worth a thousand words. Ask yourself why a poor Jewish boy from Brooklyn, a college student, chose to chain himself to black people in the dirt, getting himself arrested. This shows where Bernie's heart is, this not only shows how much he cares, but that he has always been, and will always be fighting for African Americans.

To me, this shows more than anything Biden has done.

 

A young Bernie Sanders being held back by cops after almost beating a black woman to death

 

This issue would push Sanders over the top. Sanders stance on weed right now is that he'd make it legal. Since blacks are disproportionately arrested for weed despite using it at the same rates, having it be legal would be a pretty huge relief.

 

The narrative is not without merit.

Buttigieg was a no-name backbencher a week ago who just got thrusted to the front of a national conversation because he did really well in rural parts of a predominantly white state where he staked all his money.

Meanwhile, tracking has continuously shown Buttigieg polling absolutely abysmal among black voters.

Now Buttigieg has 2 weeks before South Carolina to work a miracle with black voter by introducing himself and then trying to win them over, which is going to require a lot of money that he also doesn’t have.

Is it unfair?

Yeah absolutely, but that is the path Buttigieg chose when he ran for the moderate center lane where Biden is already parked with his self-claimed massive support among black voters. In fact, that may be the only thing Biden has going for himself right now.

Now as for the mar1juana question, it’s a fair ask from someone who wants to be considered a front runner. However, Pete’s shifty dodge followed by an incoherent response upon further pressing by a black reporter, was not only bad optics, but also bad policy.

As many have already pointed out, Buttigieg’s policy reeks of 1980’s War on Drugs nonsense. This sort of thing may be passable coming from someone like Biden who keeps rewriting his past, but it doesn’t work for fresh-faced Buttigieg who insists on the value of his judgement over everyone else’s experience in government.

Like I said, the narrative is not without merit.

 

He can't even deal with the race issues in his own town. It's not surprising he has little support.

 

How to get black support.

No one:

Literally no one:

DNC: HOT SAUCE!

 

Pete is a young candidate without the years of experience of his competitors. In his time as mayor, Pete wasn’t able to effectively combat several systemic racial issues within his city, though not for the lack of trying.

Pete has to go above and beyond in answering difficult questions on race because he doesn’t have a significant enough resume to fall back on. The pitfall off being a major candidate at such a young age.

You can read about the mar1juana
Arrest statistics in South Bend here. There’s a trend down across race in arrests from 2012-2017 and then a huge spike in 2018. Pete had trouble articulating why this spike occurred in the first place.

Pete is still my candidate and I feel like this narrative has been overemphasized a bit, but I do think he should be challenged on this in the primary.

 

Literally made me laugh at loud.

 

I'm not sold on Buttigieg. I like a lot of what he says but his lack of experience is a real concern. His record has mayor is and should be fair game too. I think this policy of using mar1juana arrest to target gang members should be an issue of discussion. The same thing with Stop and Frisk regarding Bloomberg and he rightfully is being questioned on it.

All of that said does anyone seriously think that Buttigieg, Bloomberg or anyone running for the Democratic nomination is a racist? I understand that the MSM will amplify differences and if we are to judge these candidates we need to be aware of the differences, these differences though are are marginal when compared to what is on the other side.

 

No but in terms of gaining the nomination it's hard to see Buttigieg overcoming his record.

It's not only that he fired a black police chief and the mar1juana arrests - it's his lack of effort to even engage black leaders in South Bend. His famous comment at en event to black voters there was, "I am not asking for your vote" when they criticized him. It's hard to see someone that callous who makes such gross political miscalculations as lasting as a front runner.

 

I was just thinking about how the two mayors running are having the most problems with race. Again I don't think seriously that either Buttigieg or Bloomberg are racist but there is a very strong argument that their anti-crime policies were racially based. Klobuchar as a former prosecutor is also having a bit of a race issue regarding the prosecuting the murderer of a little girl on what is questionable evidence. When Harris was running she also had racial questions raised regarding her prosecutions. I'm wondering if given the history and nature of this country if these issues are unavoidable for people like mayors and prosecutors who are dealing directly with issues of crime whereas people who have primarily been in Congress have been removed from this.

If it's not that these people are racist but that lingering issues of race in our culture make it unavoidable.

 

Who do you think will win the nomination then? Biden?