Peter Buttigieg responds to past remarks about minority students

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During a 2011 public television broadcast while he was a candidate for mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Buttigieg said children "need to see evidence that education is going to work for them ... and there are a lot of kids, especially in the lower income, minority neighborhoods, who literally just haven't seen it work. There isn't somebody they know personally who testifies the value of education." Those comments, which resurfaced on social media this week, drew sharp criticism online, including in an essay by Michael Harriot titled "Pete Buttigieg is a lying MF" published on the African American-oriented website The Root.

@Morning_Joe @MSNBC @PeteButtigieg held a town hall in Sioux City, IA last night and was asked by an audience member about the article in @TheRoot. I captured the full response, but wanted to share at least what I could here so Americans can see Pete’s response.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtDT1e6OJSjIv6HXbjv-LAw?view_as=subscriber