South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg is one of the biggest surprises of the 2020 presidential race
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ast Thursday, noon. Into the offices of Bluelight Strategies, a communications firm on Connecticut Avenue, walks South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg, one of the biggest surprises of the 2020 presidential race. Nearly anonymous before his announcement in April, he is now polling fifth among Democratic hopefuls.
Democratic operatives Steve Rabinowitz and Aaron Keyak organized the event, an ongoing series with Democratic candidates, to expose leading members of the Jewish community to their positions and policies.
“We would like to know where all the presidential candidates are on the issues that are most important to us as a community,” Rabinowitz explained.
Buttigieg made news at the meeting when he told attendees that the United States needed to “guide” Israel toward better policy decisions. In the past, he has criticized Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for floating a plan to annex settlements on the West Bank.
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