In a Texas chicken joint, Biden and onetime rival Buttigieg unite to stop Bernie Sanders
1 / 2FILE PHOTO: Former Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Buttigieg endorses former U.S. Vice President Biden's campaign for U.S. president during a Biden campaign event in DallasBy Trevor Hunnicutt and Tim ReidJoe Biden, 77, and until Sunday his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination Pete Buttigieg, 38, appeared together before a tiny crowd in the Chicken Scratch restaurant in Dallas, where Buttigieg endorsed the former vice president.
Buttigieg's endorsement was the most eye-catching among over 100 that flooded in for Biden from mostly moderate Democrats after his dominant South Carolina win on Saturday. Biden's comeback in South Carolina, after poor showings in other early voting states, was exactly the kind of a victory that Democratic party officials, alarmed that front-runner U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is far too liberal to beat Trump, had been craving, according to more than two dozen people who either gave their endorsements or were involved behind the scenes.
When the two talked by phone after Buttigieg exited the race on Sunday night, Biden did not ask Buttigieg for his endorsement nor did Buttigieg say he was going to announce support, Biden said at the Texas chicken restaurant event. Obama did not explicitly ask Buttigieg to endorse Biden, the people said, but emphasized the historic nature of his bid and the leverage it carries. Buttigieg, the first openly gay presidential candidate, won Iowa's first-in-the nation's caucuses and came a close second behind Sanders in New Hampshire's primary in February.“It was unsaid,” said one of the two sources, who asked for anonymity. Representatives for Obama could not be reached for comment.
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