I’m looking forward to hearing about his ideas about race, particularly voting rights and criminal justice reform. Glad he met with Rev. Al.

With Biden in the race, despite his flaws, he has a huge advantage in that department over Buttigieg.

"huge advantages" have evaporated almost overnight many times. It ain't over till it's over!

Ones that do not have previous issues.

Care to elaborate?

n/t

Because I don't think that will prove to be a "make or break" issue.

Use ignore function.

but I like to hear people out. Reasonable ones anyway. The verdict is still out in this instance.

Why didn't Biden announce in time to participate in the She the People forum. You would think someone with so much confidence with that audience would have done so. It's not like he and consultants had no way of knowing it was planned.

thing. so Biden still wouldn't have made it .

and a better Democrat.

What his strongest critics in South Bend agree on is that after he returned to Afghanistan, he spent a lot time listening. One thing he found out was the that the greatest damage to South Bend from his decision to demote the city’s first Black Policy Chief was not how it deepened the racial decide but how it splintered the black community.

Buttigieg’s then made an effort to be responsive to competing community interests rather than looking for an authoritative representative.

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/buttigieg-to-rev-sharpton-i-represent-the-other-1514511939553

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend, IN, sat down for lunch with Reverend Al Sharpton, President of the National Action Network, to discuss criminal justice issues and homophobia within the faith community. Reverend Sharpton joins Ali Velshi to discuss what about their conversation stood out to him.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/128798644

Pete Buttigieg Talks Being 'The Other' With Rev. Al Sharpton

Political activist and onetime Democratic presidential candidate Rev. Al Sharpton says he was impressed by a member of the 2020 Democratic field, South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, with whom he lunched today in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood.

The two met for lunch at Sylvia’s, a famed soul food restaurant in Harlem and a popular stop for political candidates. During the lunch, which was live-streamed online, Sharpton mentioned his gay sister and praised Buttigieg’s willingness to be open as a gay politician. “I thought he was very much authentic,” Sharpton said of Buttigieg, adding that the mayor went to every table in the restaurant to speak with customers and was well-received.

At a press conference after the lunch, journalist Terrell Starr asked Buttigieg if he had reconsidered his opposition to voting rights for people who are incarcerated. Buttigieg said he had not, but he did support restoration of voting rights once these people are released. He added that he’s for decriminalization of marijuana, and if that comes to pass, people who’ve been imprisoned for marijuana-related crimes should be fully reintegrated into society.

The two discussed the need to challenge bigotry on all fronts, whether it’s racism, homophobia, or anything else. African-Americans and LGBTQ people have in common being “the other,” Buttigieg told Sharpton. Donald Trump's presidency, Sharpton added, has motivated those who are 'other' to unite in resistance.

On MSNBC, shortly after the lunch, Sharpton quoted Buttigieg as saying, “I represent ‘the other.’ … I’m running for the other.”

https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/4/29/pete-buttigieg-talks-being-other-rev-al-sharpton