Long-simmering tensions between Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren, the two ascendant Democratic presidential candidates in Iowa, burst into the open this week.
The exchanges mark a new phase of the primary, particularly for Warren’s campaign. Buttigieg, who’s cutting a center-left path through the primary, continues to rise in Iowa polling, presenting a serious challenge to Warren in a state on which both contenders have staked their candidacies. Biden can potentially afford to place lower than first in the state given his strength in South Carolina, but Iowa is close to must-win territory for Warren and Buttigieg.
But Warren seems to have reached her limit with Buttigieg. Speaking at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser Thursday night, she tried to turn Buttigieg's "fight" critique against him, remarking that “it’s easy to give up on an idea. You can even try to make yourself sound smart and sophisticated when you do it.”
The hostility between the two campaigns has been building beneath the surface. Last week, when Warren was asked about releasing her tax returns, she called out candidates “who want to distract from the fact that they have not released the names of their clients and not released the names of their bundlers.” It was a thinly veiled shot at Buttigieg, who has come under fire for not naming his clients during his time at the corporate consulting firm McKinsey.
“As he continues to rise in the polls, he’s going to be the target of more attacks,” said Jennifer Holdsworth, who managed Buttigieg’s failed bid for chairman of the Democratic National Committee after the 2016 election. “Mayor Pete has wide ideological appeal, across the Democratic electorate, from progressives to moderates to everything in between, while others have struggled to communicate a message as widely as him.
Trump in currently focused on Sleepy Joe and son Hunter but soon may need to come up with some additional ugly nicknames for PB ( A. Newman of MAD Magazine) & EW (Fake Pocahontas) 😎
Lol. Mentions of Warren, Buttigieg and Biden in Iowa, nary a mention of Bernie, though every poll I see has him either at or near top. Hope you guys choke on your disgusting bias.
If PB becomes front-runner for Dems, Rudy & boss will stop search for ‘dirt’ on Biden & son and will start digging into PB gay-life & marriage to a she-man. Plenty of dirt may be found. His rich donors may also contribute on campaign finances ‘dirt’
Go get him Liz!
Which is more repugnant? Buttigieg wrapping his pro partial birth abortion stance up in the robes of Jesus, or Warren pimping out victimhood and government goodies?
Mayor Pete is just a mayor. He has no experience in federal politics. I don't want him controlling our country. I don't hate him, he is just so under-qualified.
Biden wins.
whoa
I’m no Warren supporter. But she at least is qualified to be president. No one can say that about Pete w a straight face.
TRAITOR TOT PETEY🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
Neither will get the nomination.
Say goodbye to Mayor Pete , he is too inexperienced
robot war!
SEN WARREN; HASN'T A SNOW-BALLS CHANCE IN HELL...OF EVERY BECOMING A US PRESIDENT!! SHE'S PURE COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY!!
About time
Theater for the masses WGAF?
He’s no match for her
Age Gap and heteronormativity by Warren. She's afraid of the queers. 😟
oh the drama
Weaselly Pete's colors are starting to show.
A gay man and native American walk into a bar...
I missed out. Who won?
Noise. With impeachment pending, this is just noise.
I’ve seen enough of Pete now to know I don’t want him to be president
Has butigeig retracted his lie yet that the democrats do not believe in checking the deficit?
Stupid fighting each other, feeding the repubes.
It's a love affair. The Young and the Politicoless
Liz will smoke his ass
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