“Our party has a tradition that includes excellent presidents like Barack Obama who Mayor Bloomberg opposed.”
Pete Buttigieg
Democratic presidential candidate. in a Democratic debate in Las Vegas. Claim dated 19 Feb 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisEndorsed Obama in 2012, but not in 2008
In short
Pete Buttigieg (Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 19 February 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 February 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Endorsed Obama in 2012, but not in 2008”.
Pete Buttigieg has 33 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 17 misleading or mixed and 5 true.
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