Pete Buttigieg is no ‘white Obama,’ but merely a pale imitation

By Quin Hillyer

Published February 27, 2020 7:00pm ET

Pete Buttigieg is no ‘white Obama,’ but merely a pale imitation — Pete Buttigieg is about to find out that when the reality of a candidacy is even worse than the caricature of it, the candidate is in big trouble. Saturday Night Live’s Feb. 8 opening included a mock debate segment (see from 8:25 to 8:37 here) in which the fake Buttigieg admits that he “sounds like […]

Pete Buttigieg is about to find out that when the reality of a candidacy is even worse than the caricature of it, the candidate is in big trouble.

Saturday Night Live’s Feb. 8 opening included a mock debate segment (see from 8:25 to 8:37 here) in which the fake Buttigieg admits that he “sounds like a bot that has studied human behavior by watching a hundred hours of Obama speeches. So let’s get #WhiteObama trending — and please, please not ironically.”