For weeks, Warren and Buttigieg have been exchanging barbs as Warren questions Buttigieg’s time at a business consulting firm and he takes aim at her work providing legal advice to companies. Costa also asked Buttigieg about his electability, including his ability to appeal to minority voters and what he has learned from spending time in minority communities on the campaign trail. More personally, Buttigieg took on his own identity, saying he thinks America is “absolutely” ready for an openly gay president. Buttigieg said Democrats tend to “overthink” such issues, arguing that every recent Democratic president has been — like him — new to the national stage, an aspirational figure who represents a new generation. He dismissed the notion that Democrats would lose voters they need if they nominate an openly gay candidate.

Source: Washington Post December 13, 2019 21:45 UTC