South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, blasted a Black Lives Matter activist who started a fight at his campaign event organized by black community leaders.

“It’s unfortunate, and it shows kind of where politics is come to, especially for somebody to interrupt an African American woman who is speaking about her truth and her experience,” the 2020 Democratic presidential contender told MSNBC in a Thursday interview. The 37-year-old was not present at the event. “But, this is the climate we are in,” he added about the brawl.

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