MIAMI — Pete Buttigieg escaped his first presidential debate unscathed despite facing scrutiny from moderators and other candidates about his mayoral record, aided in part by Kamala Harris stealing the show and turning the attack on Joe Biden.
The South Bend, Indiana mayor addressed declining minority representation in his city’s police department during his tenure, highlighted by this month’s killing of a black man by a white South Bend police officer.
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