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MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle Grills Mayor Pete: ‘Your City is in Crisis … Should You Be Skipping This Debate?’

By Caleb EcarmaJun 26th, 2019, 9:55 am

MSNBC host Stephanie Rhule grilled South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg on the recent police shooting of an unarmed black man in his city, specifically asking him if it’s appropriate to be in Miami to participate in the Democratic presidential debates given the issues his constituents are facing.

“Your city is in crisis,” Rhule said as the two sat down ahead of tonight’s first round of Democratic debates. “Walk me through what the last two weeks have been like and, really, given what’s going on at home, should you be skipping this debate?”

“No, we have to be able to do many things at once,” he replied, as he is slated to appear on the debate stage Thursday night. “But this is a moment when my community is in anguish. We’ve been on the ground working with community leaders, working with community members trying to make sure that the facts can emerge. But also recognizing that the anguish over what has happened is not only about a family that has lost a loved one.”

‘The feeling among black Americans that they are being literally policed to death, and making sure that we have a way forward on that. This is not just a policy question, this is a moral question,” he continued. “And everything that all of us do, we do in the shadow of systemic racism that has poisoned the relationship between communities of color and police departments everywhere in the country.”

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