Pete Buttigieg leveled his strongest attacks yet on Bernie Sanders Saturday after the Nevada caucuses
The former mayor went after Bernie Sanders with his sharpest attacks yet following the Nevada caucuses, slamming Sanders as a drag on down-ticket Democrats and casting his campaign as a “revolution with a tenor of combat, division and polarization.” The Vermont senator easily won Nevada, while Buttigieg is battling Joe Biden and others for a second-place slot behind him.
The Nevada caucuses — and Buttigieg’s post-election warning — mark a critical moment for opponents of Sanders, who risk getting washed away in a wave of momentum following Sanders’ latest win. The move started earlier on Saturday, when Buttigieg went up with his first attack ad on TV in South Carolina, slamming Sanders on health care“Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All would completely eliminate private insurance, forcing 150 million Americans off their current plans,” the ad’s narrator says. “Pete Buttigieg has a better way to lower costs and cover everyone, Medicare for All Who Want It.
But as Buttigieg tries to gather more support to his campaign, Biden and Amy Klobuchar are also pitching themselves as moderate options against Sanders, while Elizabeth Warren has styled herself as a unity candidate who could bridge the wings of the Democratic Party — albeit one who has ratcheted up her criticisms of Sanders and other Democratic contenders in recent days. Meanwhile, Mike Bloomberg has spent more than $400 million on TV ads to push himself into the race.
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