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Related: About this forumButtigieg's "Gay Problem" With Black Voters Is Probably A Mirage
Buttigiegs Gay Problem With Black Voters Is Probably A Miragehttps://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2020/02/25/buttigiegs-gay-problem-black-voters-probably-mirage/
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The Associated Press decided to tackle that subject this week, with a focus on the upcoming South Carolina primary. The title of their article is rather blunt, to say the least. In SC, Buttigieg faces black voters wary of a gay candidate. To steal a catchphrase from George Takei Oh, my! But the further you read into their report, the more they seem to undermine their own premise. In fact, they cite a recent poll taken among voters in the Palmetto State and there was almost no difference between Black and white voters when it comes to tolerance for an LGBTQ candidate.
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Buttigieg's "Gay Problem" With Black Voters Is Probably A Mirage (Original Post)
Odoreida
Feb 2020
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mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)1. I suspect that 'the problem' to the extent there is one ...
tracks much more closely with 'religious views' than it does with 'skin color' myself.
Mike 03
(16,808 posts)2. Al Sharpton made a fascinating comment a month or maybe six weeks ago
on MSNBC regarding this issue, explaining why African American voters were shying away from Mayor Pete. This may not be exact but it's close: "It's not that black folks are homophobic; black folks are worried that other black folks are homophobic."
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Behind the Aegis
(54,854 posts)4. HotAir is a conservative site leaning RW.
Hot Air was founded by Michelle Malkin, a conservative author and blogger.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)5. So it's propaganda.
Just more rat f**king by the usual suspects.
Odoreida
(1,549 posts)6. So it's right wing propaganda, but they report that Blacks are not bigoted against Mayor Pete? n/t
Behind the Aegis
(54,854 posts)7. I said noting about 'propaganda', I said it is a RW site.