Buttigieg camp courts black support in Congress

[brooklynite]

Politico

Pete Buttigieg’s push for African American support, amid weeks of bad headlines about his struggles with black voters, has hit the halls of Congress with a new appeal to members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Rep. Don Beyer — one of three members of Congress, all white, who have endorsed Buttigieg — is leading the push, distributing a letter to black House colleagues this week asking them to examine Buttigieg’s “Douglass Plan,” a set of policy proposals focused on black Americans.

"I would be grateful if you might take the time the [sic] read his Douglass Plan — and give his team (and me) any thoughts, criticism, and improvements you have," Beyer wrote in the letter, which was obtained by POLITICO. "I am impressed with its comprehensiveness and specific proposals to address the 400-year legacy of slavery, discrimination, Jim Crow, brutality, and more suffered by Black Americans. But I also realize that you have spent your lifetime working to overcome these injustices."
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Beyer stresses that he's not pushing for an endorsement right now — just for lawmakers to pay attention to Buttigieg.