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WATCH: Buttigieg Dodges Question On Difference Between Religious Democrats And Religious Republicans

Frank Camp
WATCH: Buttigieg Dodges Question On Difference Between Religious Democrats And Religious Republicans
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On Sunday, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union.” During the segment, host Jake Tapper asked Buttigieg about the difference between religious voters in the Democratic Party and religious voters in the Republican Party.

TAPPER: You have been struggling to win over African-American voters during this campaign so far, even as you have been rising. Less than half of black Protestant Christians support same-sex marriage. You’re headed to a black church later today. Do you think that the fact that you’re gay is part of what might be holding you back with at least some black voters?

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