Buttigieg: 'America hasn't solved' racial issues he's facing as mayor

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Buttigieg: 'America hasn't solved' racial issues he's facing as mayor
CNN Digital Expansion 2018, Caroline Kelly
By Caroline Kelly, CNN



(CNN)Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg said Friday on "CNN Tonight" that his city's grappling with racial tensions would inform how he would handle racial issues if elected president.

CNN's Don Lemon addressed Buttigieg's recent acknowledgment that he "couldn't get it done" regarding efforts to diversify the South Bend police force, asking how he would then show black voters that he could address issues of race as president.

"I don't think all of these issues are things that somebody can just claim to have solved -- the issues that I haven't solved as a mayor are issues that America hasn't solved, that no city has solved, but where we've made progress," Buttigieg said.

"I'm not going to present myself as the person who is going to resolve racial tension or racial inequality in this country -- that's not the story I'm telling," he continued. "What I am saying is that we have addressed these issues in my community. We have learned from that."

Buttigieg added a line that he used in Thursday night's debate, saying, "I'm passionately committed to bringing about, in my lifetime, a world where a black person and a white person pulled over by a police officer feels the exact same thing -- and that that's a feeling not of fear, but a feeling of safety."

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/28/politics/pete-buttigieg-don-lemon-race-mayor-president-cnntv/index.html

[murielm99]

1. He's taking responsibility

and trying to do something. He is taking responsibility for things that predate him as well.

Are any of the other candidates doing this?