POLITICS
At God’s Love, Buttigieg Says Unite and Conquer
Gay South Bend mayor unmistakably positions himself as a centrist
BY PAUL SCHINDLER
Accepting an award
Monday evening from
God’s Love We Deliver
at a gala in Lower Manhattan,
Democratic presidential
hopeful Pete Buttigieg, the out gay
mayor of South Bend, Indiana, likened
his current mission to that of
the 34-year-old nonprofi t he was
addressing.
“Seeking offi ce is an act of hope
and so is bringing food and fellowship
to someone who is ill,” Buttigieg
told GLWD’s 800 guests at
Cipriani South Street.
God’s Love, which raised nearly
$3 million at the splashy gathering,
was launched in 1985 to serve the
nutritional needs of homebound
AIDS patients, many of them isolated.
Today, the group, backed by
more than 15,000 volunteers, provides
meals for more than 7,600
New Yorkers, 90 percent of whom
live below the poverty line. In addition
to those living with HIV, the
group also serves signifi cant numbers
of people dealing with cancer,
cardiovascular disease, kidney
problems, and Alzheimer’s and
other neurological disorders.
Though Buttigieg continues to
poll only in the mid-single digits in
national surveys — well behind former
Vice President Joe Biden and
Senators Elizabeth Warren and
Bernie Sanders — he has proved
a fundraising powerhouse, with
more than twice as much cash on
hand as Biden, on par with Warren,
and behind only Sanders. His
money and campaigning seem to
be paying off in fi rst-in-the-nation
Iowa, where a recent poll had him
ahead of Sanders and within striking
distance of Biden and Warren.
PATRICK MCMULLAN/ COURTESY OF GOD’S LOVE WE DELIVER
Vogue editor-in chief Anna Wintour, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, God’s Love We Deliver president and CEO
Karen Pearl, comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish, and Thrive Global’s Danny Shea at Cipriani’s South
Street on Monday evening.
➤ PETE BUTTIGIEG, continued on p.17
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