Pete Buttigieg touts African American endorsements that do not exist

By Becket Adams

Published February 20, 2020 12:27am ET

Pete Buttigieg touts African American endorsements that do not exist — Mayor Pete Buttigieg points as he talks to an AP reporter at his office in South Bend, Ind., Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. At 37, Pete Buttigieg is just a few years older than the minimum age required to serve as president of the United States. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) | (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has an endorsement problem.

More specifically, the 2020 Democratic primary candidate keeps padding the list of black people who supposedly support his candidacy to include anyone who so much as comes within striking distance of his campaign.

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