Medicare for All May Not Be the Poison Pill Biden and Buttigieg Are Banking on
Bernie Sanders points at Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg during a Democratic presidential primary on February 19, 2020, in Las Vegas.John Locher/AP South Carolinians who turned on the television this week likely watched a 30-second ad in which Pete Buttigieg explains that some of his opponents in the Democratic presidential primary “say it’s Medicare for…
Pete Buttigieg Casts a Line for Black Voters in South Carolina. He Catches Suburban White Women.
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks at an event aimed at addressing the issues of the African American community in North Charleston, South Carolina on Monday.Win McNamee/Getty Images On Sunday night, Rebecca Rushton got a text from the Pete Buttigieg campaign. “Hey—this is Nick from Team Pete!” the message read. “Pete Buttigieg is holding a community…
Bernie Sanders Was Called Out for Online Supporters’ Vicious Behavior. He Shut It Down.
Bernie Sanders speaks during a Democratic presidential primary debate on Wednesday, February 19, 2020, in Las Vegas.John Locher/AP Bernie Sanders was put on the spot at the Democratic debate Wednesday night over the vicious online attacks by some of his online supporters. Sanders bluntly condemned their behavior. “We have more than 10.6 million people on…
We Asked Pete and Bernie Fans if They’ll Team Up to Beat Trump
Charles Krupa/AP Following former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s narrow win over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in last week’s Iowa Democratic caucuses, the two presidential candidates are duking it out in New Hampshire: Sanders slammed Buttigieg for accepting campaign contributions from billionaires, and Buttigieg said Sanders’ policies skew too far to the left. Mother Jones digital…
Buttigieg Is Declared the Winner in Iowa, Showing How Much the State Has Changed
Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten wave to supporters at a caucus night campaign rally in Des Moines.Charlie Neibergall/AP It took nearly a week, but former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has been declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses’ state delegate count, narrowly beating Sen. Bernie Sanders, who, since nothing about the Iowa caucuses…
The 2020 Candidates Got Together to Discuss One of Their Biggest Threats. No, Not Donald Trump.
J. Scott Applewhite/AP The name that loomed over Saturday’s “Our Rights, Our Courts” candidate forum in Concord, New Hampshire was not Donald Trump. It was Mitch McConnell. The wily Republican Senate leader has bedeviled the Democrats for years. He denied Barack Obama a Supreme Court Justice, then helped to deliver Trump two. He invoked the…