Rice said in an interview on Monday that she is backing Buttigieg for the Democratic nomination because he is the “only candidate whose message is focused on addressing both our long term and short-term challenges that we face.”
“The thing that I admire about him is that he’s done it not by over promising things and pandering to the base and he doesn’t use divisive rhetoric or my way or the highway approach,” Rice said, in a thinly veiled swipe at Buttigieg’s more progressive competitors like Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. “He’s really demonstrated an unmatched ability and a willingness to reach voters where they are from across the political spectrum.”
Rice told CNN’s Bianna Golodryga on “CNN Right Now” Buttigieg “gives a message that resonates with everyone across this country.”
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