Mayor Pete Throws Shade? 'I Was A Big Fan Of Bernie Sanders When I Was 18 Years Old'

[JoeOtterbein]

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By Tommy Christopher Dec 12th, 2019, 1:21 pm

South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was asked about his support among young voters, and appeared to throw a little shade in Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ direction.

On Thursday morning’s edition of CBS This Morning, co-anchor Tony Dokoupil asked Mayor Pete about his polling with young voters, saying “You don’t have a majority of young voters in this country, according to polls,” and asking “Is there a way in which you are out of touch with your own generation?”

“No, but it is certainly the case that often younger candidates tend to attract more support from older voters,” Buttigieg said, adding “but we are building a coalition that’s going to draw voters from every part of this country.”

“You are at 3 and 4 percent among people under the age of 44 in South Carolina,” Dokoupil said, but displayed a graphic showing Buttigieg leading with young voters in New Hampshire. Nationally, Buttigieg underperforms with young voters relative to his overall support, but by very little.

“It’s almost as bad as minority voters. What explains that gap?” he asked.

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[brooklynite]

1. Technical point...

You need to put the name of the source to the right of the vertical line and close it with a bracket for the link thing to work properly...

[JoeOtterbein]

2. Cool Thanks!

I was wondering how you where doing that.

Thanks again and Have Fun!

[booley]

3. He seemed a very big fan until the money started coming in

He used to be for Medicare for all.

Then suddenly he wasnt.

And yeah I will say it. I think it was money. We know that Buttigieg can be swayed by donors. .

Cough cough Boykins....Cough

[ritapria]

5. Pete needs to wait his turn

A 37 year old Mayor of the 306th largest city in the country .

[unitedwethrive]

7. Yup, it's all about waiting your turn.

Best way to pick a president.

[TidalWave46]

8. Sanders is 78, fresh off of a heart attack, after a long career as a politician.

That's not even addressing his lack of accomplishments along the way.

Is his time over? What has he been other than one of two Senators in a very small state that doesn't represent the makeup of our party.

Pete needs to "wait his turn?" Wow. Sanders supporters are going scorched earth as he heads into retirement banking off of book deals.

[Gothmog]

4. LOL

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6. First thought: Not that long ago

I am trying mostly to ignore the campaign bickering until January. Even so, my reflex response to this headline was dismissive. It emphasized his youth and made him seem too clever by half.

[corbettkroehler]

9. Jump To The Video ("The Sanders Campaign Definitely Has More Young Voters")

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