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Democratic Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg Shuts Down Racist Question at Iowa Event

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Jul 07, 2019
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Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg shut down an attendee’s advice at a Democratic Party event in Iowa on July 4 when they suggested that he should “tell the Black people of South Bend to stop committing crimes and doing drugs.”

The question was asked during a barbecue in Carroll County, Iowa, CBS News reported. The attendee’s question comes a…

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