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On the campaign path: Biden slams Buttigieg, ‘Think what? He was a mayor’

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Feb 9, 2020 #'Guess, #mayor'
On the campaign path: Biden slams Buttigieg, ‘Think what? He was a mayor’

MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – Democrats scrambled to acquire an edge with voters on Saturday on the last weekend before the party’s next governmental nominating contest in New Hampshire, where Pete Buttigieg began drawing fire as the prospect rising.

The problems that afflicted the Iowa caucuses overshadowed any victory bump prior to New Hampshire’s contest on Tuesday and cast a pall as the Democratic Party began the process of selecting a nominee to face Republican politician President Donald Trump in November.

Still, the 38- year-old previous mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is enjoying an increase after coming out of Monday’s caucuses tied with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. Both males claimed success, while Senator Elizabeth Warren followed in third place and previous Vice President Joe Biden tracked in 4th.

As some public opinion polls showed “Mayor Pete” gaining ground in New Hampshire, the slings and arrows were not far behind.

” He’s a hero,” Biden said in Manchester. “He’s a great mayor. Think what? He was a mayor.”

Here is what is taking place in New Hampshire on the campaign path.

FOCUS ON “MAYOR”

After what has been a mostly affable Democratic project, Biden’s team pulled off the gloves and targeted Buttigieg with a withering digital ad that pits Biden’s decades of experience in public life versus that of the two-term mayor.

The video makes liberal usage of popular former President Barack Obama in a belittling rundown of some of the smaller sized problems Buttigieg dealt with as mayor and likewise takes a swipe at his troubled record with African Americans.

It shows Biden helping pass the Affordable Care Act while Buttigieg set up ornamental lights under city bridges; Biden assisting protect the Iran nuc

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