Opinion: Buttigieg won’t win without African Americans
Tampa attorney Sean Shaw, left, stands with Pete Buttigieg, right, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., during a fundraiser in Miami on Monday. By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer May 21 at 3:30 PM South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg mesmerizes members of the media and many voters with the same profile — progressive, white and college-educated.
Buttigieg got a small shot in the arm when he snagged the endorsement of the first black nominee to be Florida’s attorney general, Sean Shaw. Shaw could certainly help introduce Buttigieg and help him make connections in the African American community in that state, but to make real progress, Buttigieg will have to do two things.
Second, he has got to offer something big and bold that demonstrates his commitment to issues African Americans care about. Buttigieg is rather light on policies in general, but for someone with little credibility among African Americans he must answer the most basic question: What are you going to do for me? At the National Action Network in April, he told the African American organization and its leader, the Rev.
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