Mitchell Praises Buttigieg's 'Smart' Decision to 'Take on Mike Pence,' Wonders if Buttigieg is 'Less Threatening' Than Female Candidate

On Monday's Andrea Mitchell Reports, the eponymous host and her panel were definitely excited about South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg's official entry into the presidential race. Mitchell praised Buttigieg's "pretty smart" decision to "take on Mike Pence as a way of going after Donald Trump and going after the evangelicals and saying...if you don't like me, speak to my creator."  Mitchell went on to complain that "there are a number of women who have not been getting very much traction, have been overlooked, shall we say? Klobuchar, Gillibrand, even Kamala Harris with her very big rollout has not been getting as much attention as Pete Buttigieg," before asking "Is it possible that, you know, a married gay white man from South Bend, Indiana is less threatening to some of the voters than a woman or a woman of color?"