DALLAS (Reuters) – Previous competitors Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential candidacy on Monday on the eve of Super Tuesday voting, as moderate Democrats rallied around the previous vice president to strengthen his difficulty to front-runner Bernie Sanders.
Buttigieg threw his support to Biden at an emotional appearance at a Dallas dining establishment, while Klobuchar provided a barnstorm of a speech at a rally, similar to the types political leaders offer at their party conventions when anointing their presidential candidates.
” Joe Biden has actually dedicated his life to fighting for people,” Klobuchar said, prior to presenting Biden at the rally in Dallas on Monday night.
” Not for the abundant and effective, however for the mommy, for the farmer, for the dreamer, for the veteran. He can bring our country together.”
Buttigieg, the previous mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and the very first openly gay governmental candidate, stated previously in Dallas that he was “thrilled to back and support Joe Biden.”
” He is someone of such amazing grace and kindness and compassion.”
Biden, 77, in turn, informed reporters that Buttigieg, 38, “reminds me of my son Beau,” who passed away in 2015, including: “To me, it is the greatest compliment you can give any man or lady.”
Former U.S. Agent Beto O’Rourke, another former candidate for the Democratic election, likewise backed Biden, appearing to cheers as a surprise guest at the rally in Dallas.
Biden is fresh off a resounding victory in Saturday’s South Carolina main and is aiming for a strong showing on Super Tuesday versus Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, who many centrist Democrats fear can not win versus Republican President Donald Trump in November.
However Biden still deals with a challenge from billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg amongst citizens hoping the