Buttigieg draws standing ovations at a Black church and NAACP dinner
Pete Buttigieg returned to South Carolina this weekend as he mulls a second run for the White House, the Associated Press reported. His last political speech in the state was to mark a distant finish in the 2020 Democratic primary that effectively ended his campaign for president.
At an NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner in South Carolina, Buttigieg addressed a crowd of more than 200 people and received a standing ovation when he warned that the country is in “big trouble” and laid out his own vision for what should come next, according to the AP.
“There is no such thing as again in real life. The only way out is through,” Buttigieg told the crowd, according to the Associated Press. “If we recognize and embrace a future that is different from the past, we will do better.”
Earlier in the visit, at a Black church in South Carolina, Buttigieg received a standing ovation when he was credited with helping bring millions of federal dollars to the area for a project as President Joe Biden’s transportation secretary, the AP reported.
The Associated Press reported that Buttigieg set out on the visit to reintroduce himself to the state and to the Black voters he struggled to win in 2020.
Buttigieg’s first campaign for president effectively ended with a distant finish in South Carolina’s primary. The weekend events came as he mulls a second run for the White House, according to the AP.