A day after endorsing Biden for president, Sen. Klobuchar on Tuesday rejected the notion that she and other Democrats are trying to crush Sen. Sanders. - TODAYShow
“I don't look at the mayor and Beto O'Rourke and myself as establishment. I look at us as new leaders for the party, fresh faces for the party. And we're basically saying, 'We've got to win here and that's why we're supporting Joe Biden,'” Klobuchar said Tuesday.
Asked to react to President Donald Trump’s impression that she and other Democrats were staging a “coup” against Sanders, Klobuchar said that none of them had even spoken to each other before endorsing Biden. “We made the decision instead of a personal victory for ourselves, or a personal quest that this was about our country, and we need to beat Donald Trump and have someone with experience that can get things done in the White House,” she said.
Klobuchar said that she hasn't spoken with Biden about possibly serving as his vice-presidential running mate.Klobuchar was among several women running for the nomination, including three of her fellow senators. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
Obama spoke with his former vice president after he handily won the South Carolina primary on Saturday, and with Pete Buttigieg on Sunday whenPeople close to Obama said the former president has been keeping close tabs on the race. They said the signal has been sent in the past 36 hours that he sees Biden as the candidate to back, and they don’t need Obama to say it publicly or privately.
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