Anthony Brown is the First Black Member of Congress to Endorse Pete Buttigieg and Joins Campaign as National Co-Chair: WATCH

Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, IN, the first viable openly gay candidate for president, just got his first endorsement from a Black member of Congress, Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD), who also became the campaign’s first national co-chair.

The Washington Post reports:  “Brown, 58, is a relatively junior member of the Congressional Black Caucus, having been elected to Congress in 2016. Two years earlier, Brown lost a governor’s race in heavily Democratic Maryland to current Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, in part because of a significant drop-off in Democratic turnout. Brown acknowledged Buttigieg has received criticism for how he has approached racial issues in South Bend, but he said Buttigieg has not shied away from the critiques.”

Watch Brown below.