Buttigieg wins endorsement from South Carolina newspaper [View all]

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'The State' newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, has endorsed Pete Buttigieg for the Democratic Party presidential nomination ahead of Saturday’s primary contest there, calling him the best candidate to unite Americans.

The paper’s backing could be a timely boon for Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who has struggled according to opinion polls in South Carolina, particular in winning over its large African American democratic voter base.

The Democratic Party needs an “energetic, disciplined” candidate with a “powerful yet pragmatic vision” to take on President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 general election, The State, owned by the McClatchy Company, said in an editorial late on Monday.

“The Democrats need a nominee who seeks to bring Americans together based on broad common ground — and not divide them along narrow interests,” the editorial board said on the paper’s website, calling Buttigieg the best candidate to do that.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-buttigieg/buttigieg-wins-endorsement-from-south-carolina-newspaper-idUSKBN20J20N