...Cole told ABC News she rejected the initial requests, telling the campaign: "It sounds like you're saying that I am your business partner. I'm only going to accept that you all stopped in while you were campaigning in South Carolina and I welcomed you all."
..."We're proud to live our values as a campaign by holding events and spending money at Black-owned businesses in South Carolina and across the country, something we will continue to do throughout the campaign," said Sean Savett, a campaign spokesman.
...In October, the Buttigieg campaign released his "Douglass Plan", and in a press release touted a headline from the HBCU Times saying that "More than 400 South Carolinians endorse Mayor Pete Buttigieg's Douglass plan for black America."
...After ABC News asked the Buttigieg campaign about the Atlantis statement, the campaign contacted ABC News to say the establishment had agreed to say publicly that they were "Proud to partner with Mayor Pete in January."
...The restaurant owner followed up with ABC News again, a few hours later, to make clear he was "Not in any type of partnership with the Buttigieg campaign." Varner said he would have allowed any campaign to visit.
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