WATCH: Castro Goes After Buttigieg For Unpopularity With Black Voters: He Won’t ‘Excite A Big Part Of Our Base’

Former Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julian Castro put forth on Sunday that South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s unpopularity among black voters may ultimately cost Democrats the presidential election in 2020.

“I believe that Mayor Buttigieg has a real problem with black voters because of his track record as mayor of South Bend,” Castro told the crowd while speaking at the Nevada State Democrats’ First in the Nation event. “It’s a bad track record with black voters that was reflected in the policies that he put in place and the relationship with the community there in South Bend.”