Buttigieg calls out Democrats for playing 'identity politics'

Right now, my money and my vote are with Elizabeth Warren, but I'm thankful for the ways in which Mr Buttigieg calls out the Establishment within the Democratic party. THEY are why we got stuck with the circus we have today and THEY are why he could win again. THEY need to stop trying to fucking control the vote. THEY are no better than any Republican politician, as far as I'm concerned.

LAS VEGAS — Pete Buttigieg sought to diffuse weeks of fraught questions about white privilege and his struggles attracting minorities to his campaign by calling out fellow Democrats on Saturday for playing “identity politics” and pitting one group’s grievances against another’s.

In a risky speech to the Human Rights Campaign, a major LGBT rights group, Buttigieg warned of a “crisis of belonging in this country,” arguing it was exacerbated by “so-called identity politics” that emphasize how one person hasn’t walked in another’s shoes — “something that is true, but it doesn’t get us very far.”

He drew a direct line between the obstacles faced by a black, trans woman excluded by mainstream society and an out-of-work auto worker excluded by the new economy.

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