Dressed impeccably in a crisp white shirt and perfectly knotted tie, Pete Buttigieg jumps nimbly onto the makeshift outdoor stage in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He later took a leave of absence as mayor of South Bend when he was deployed to Afghanistan. Neither Elizabeth Warren nor Joe Biden are mentioned, but he jabs at his main rivals nonetheless. Buttigieg even has a word for Irish-American voters, taking some time to speak to The Irish Times during his weekend whistle-stop tour through South Carolina. “I’ve a soft spot for Ireland and obviously the whole city of South Bend, the University of Notre Dame does too,” he says with a smile.

Source: The Irish Times October 28, 2019 18:45 UTC