Pete Buttigieg booed and cheered at a march for McDonald's workers demanding $15 an hour
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg received a mixed reception at a Fight for $15 march in Charleston, South Carolina on Monday.
BYP100 activist Jamecia Ray told Time that the activists were wary of "flip-flopping" from Buttigieg: "We want to know how you're going to change structural barriers that prevent working folks that are risking their jobs today from getting a livable wage."Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg garnered both cheers and boos at a Fight for $15 march in Charleston, South Carolina on Monday.
. But activists from Black Youth Project 100, an African American youth social justice organization, heckled Buttigieg over his political record. , Buttigieg initially appeared behind the Fight for $15 banner, flanked by marchers wearing the movement's red shirts. Activists from the Poor People's Campaign were also present at the event.
The February 24 march was the Indiana mayor's third meeting with this group of South Caorlina workers. Time recorded Buttigieg hugging McDonald's employee Taiwanna Milligan.
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