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→Campaign and position developments: Iowa's Democratic primary
*On February 5, in preparing for the South Carolina primary, Buttigieg tweeted that Trayvon Martin would have been 25 today," "How many 25th birthdays have been stolen from us by white supremacy, gun violence, prejudice, and fear?," thereby inferring that the death of Trayvon Martin was due to such. However, in response, Jack Cashill of The American Thinker responded, "Far from being a white supremacist, the Hispanic Zimmerman was a civil rights activist, an Obama-supporter, and mentor to two black teens at the time Trayvon Martin attacked him. The evidence in Zimmerman's defense was overwhelming, which is why he was acquitted."<ref> Jack Cashill, February 7, 2020. [https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/buttigieg_blames_trayvon_death_on_white_supremacy.html "Buttigieg blames Trayvon death on 'white supremacy"] The American Thinker (Retrieved 02/05/20)</ref>
*On February 5, in preparing for the South Carolina primary, Buttigieg tweeted that Trayvon Martin would have been 25 today," "How many 25th birthdays have been stolen from us by white supremacy, gun violence, prejudice, and fear?," thereby inferring that the death of Trayvon Martin was due to such. However, in response, Jack Cashill of The American Thinker responded, "Far from being a white supremacist, the Hispanic Zimmerman was a civil rights activist, an Obama-supporter, and mentor to two black teens at the time Trayvon Martin attacked him. The evidence in Zimmerman's defense was overwhelming, which is why he was acquitted."<ref> Jack Cashill, February 7, 2020. [https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/buttigieg_blames_trayvon_death_on_white_supremacy.html "Buttigieg blames Trayvon death on 'white supremacy"] The American Thinker (Retrieved 02/05/20)</ref>
*On February 6 it was reported that with 99.9 percent of precincts reporting in Iowa's Democratic primary, Buttigieg received 26.2 percent of Iowa's delegate count while Sanders received 26.1 percent. Buttigieg insisted that he was the clear winner, yet Sanders pointed to his lead in the popular-vote totals, and predicted that he would have the same number of Iowa's national convention delegates as Buttigieg.<ref>NOLAN D. MCCASKILL, 02/06/2020. [https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/05/buttigieg-sanders-iowa-results-110942 Buttigieg and Sanders separated by razor-thin margin with Iowa count nearly done] Retrieved 02/08/20</ref>
===Buttigieg and fake news reporting===
===Buttigieg and fake news reporting===