Mayor Pete staffer Nina Smith with an important message after a smear attempt

[Otto Lidenbrock]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[BeyondGeography]

1. What's this about?

That Twitter link up top doesn’t work, even when you go to her original post.

[Otto Lidenbrock]

2. That quote-tweet said that Pete's black volunteers were purchased

[BeyondGeography]

3. Who was it from?

[Sloumeau]

5. I did a Google search on the following words: twitter nina smith black purchased

From the list that Google found, the seventh entry shows a Reddit discussion that appears to be about this issue which is located at the following address:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Pete_Buttigieg/comments/dragfr/a_thread_of_truth_from_nina_smith/

From reading the comments, apparently it is alleged that one of Kamala Harris' supporters said that one or more of the Black people working for Pete Buttigieg was "purchased". With this many candidates, and with social media making it so easy for people to make allegations while hiding behind their social media accounts, I am not totally surprised at the number of allegations flying around. Still, it is a bit saddening.

[BeyondGeography]

6. It's a vile thing to say

But I don’t know if calling attention to it is smart. The campaign must have had their reasons but you run the risk of reinforcing a negative (Pete’s AA support) as well. There are much better ways to deal with that issue.

[Corgigal]

8. Oh, the russian bots?

Alrighty then.

[Maggiemayhem]

7. It says doesn't exist.

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. I'm assuming it's in response to this?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287334345