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Former Vice President Joe Biden made the first punch, using a line that he has been making for more than a month on the trail: that this year is not the time to take a risk on a political novice.
Buttigieg, he said, “is a great guy and a real patriot, but he’s a mayor of a small city who has done some good things.” He said Buttigieg had not demonstrated the ability to get broad “support across the spectrum, including African Americans and Latinos.”
But the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor described the race against President Donald Trump as a new moment in American politics, one that required a new style of leadership that he said he could offer.
“This is a moment where the next president is going to face challenges,the likes of which we hadn’t even thought of a few years, or decades, ago and politically, we’re facing a fundamentally new problem with President Donald Trump,” Buttigieg said.
He added that it would be the wrong move for voters to choose a nominee who “is dividing people with the politics that says if you don’t go all the way to the edge it doesn’t count.”
“Are you talking about Sen. Sanders?” the moderator asked.
“Yes,” Buttigieg replied. “Because we’ve got to bring as many people as we can into this process.”
