Buttigieg tells TODAYshow that the sweeping progressive policies promised by Sen. Sanders would be the Vermont independent's weak spot in a potential match-up against President Trump in November.
The former mayor has been trying to use the momentum from Iowa to boost his campaign's chances in New Hampshire, but has been clobbered by attacks from former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., over his experience and newcomer status.
Buttigieg also said the attacks of Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., that he is in the pocket of billionaire campaign donors is"just wrong" and that Democrats need a big tent if they plan to win back the White House. When asked if Trump fears him, since the president has not attacked him as much as other Democratic rivals, Buttigieg said,"I don't think he can figure out what to do with me."
Buttigieg and Sanders sit atop the newest polls of likely New Hampshire Democratic primary voters. Sanders secured 29 percent in the newest results from , released Monday, with Buttigieg trailing at 22 percent, a margin within the poll's plus-or-minus 5.1 percent margin of error.
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