Joe goes after Pete

[melman]

Link to tweet

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

1. Goes after?

O. K

[melman]

3. Yeah

Goes after. As in taking a direct shot at another candidate. What else would you call it?

[Fresh_Start]

7. where does he take a shot at Pete? nt

nt

[phleshdef]

10. I'd call it more defending himself. Pete went after him first.

[melman]

16. Whatever

I'm all for it either way.

[PatSeg]

22. Yeah, I think so

Not responding can be disastrous for a candidate. I remember John Kerry taking the high road during the swift-boating attacks and it didn't serve him well.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

11. Facts?

He hardly , "goes after"

[George II]

36. That wasn't a "direct shot", that was addressing what Buttigieg said about him....

If you want to see "shots", go here:

@davidsirota

[Thekaspervote]

2. All true

[Fresh_Start]

4. I don't see any attack on Pete... I see Biden defending himself nt

nt

[LanternWaste]

5. Seems less an "go after", and more a mere reponse to being called old and failed.

Can you point out the specific sentence he does go after someone? Or is this simply another biased interpretation used to push another narrative?

[FloridaBlues]

6. Why is stating facts going after Pete? Perhaps Pete shouldn't have made a dumb statement.

[tirebiter]

8. And?

[melman]

13. And it's interesting

[mainstreetonce]

9. Joe came on strong today

Good for Joe!

[Pachamama]

12. That is called "defending yourself from an attack" from Buttigieg

Pete went after Joe

[HerbChestnut]

14. Meanwhile, Bernie's on the sidelines watching two of his competitors like...

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

17. And dreading the rural south

Good luck

[R B Garr]

23. Actually, the Berners were attacking Pete for daring to win in Iowa. The irony is

that it is the OP.

[nolabear]

30. Boy, that's a creepy way to depict your candidate!

[melman]

31. Finally someone who understands

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

15. Interesting "re-framing" of reality.

[redqueen]

18. He didn't attack Pete. He didn't say anything negative about Pete at all.

Seems more like he was responding to an apparent attack from Pete.

[Drunken Irishman]

19. He didn't go after Pete. Her defended his record.

[MoonlitKnight]

20. Just stating his record and qualifications

I would like to see Joe say more about what he could do next. There is no doubt regarding his qualifications. His campaign really needs a bold vision and stop relying on the “I’m qualified and will get things back to how they were before trump. “

[mobeau69]

21. It was his stump speech this morning where he went after Bernie and Pete by name.

CNN played the video. Said something along the lines that if Bernie is the nominee every Democrat will have to say they are supporting a Socialist Democrat and said that if Pete thinks the Obama/Biden administration is a "failure" he should "say it out loud".

Really not a good look and it had an air of desperation.

[melman]

24. "air of desperation"

Yes and it's not the way a "frontrunner" talks. It shows a clear shift and that's why it's interesting.

[George II]

34. A lot milder than what he's received from both of those campaigns. Check Sirota's twitter account.

[bearsfootball516]

25. If that was a shot at Pete, it was about the mildest shot possible.

As people above had said, it's more of him defending his record than anything else.

[R B Garr]

26. This opposite world and complete divorce from facts, complete with phony headlines

seems to be a trend only coming from one campaign. There is quite a pattern.

[Mike 03]

27. Do you think Mayor Pete can possibly survive such a fatal blow?

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

28. He probably should drop out?

Ehh about four more States maybe.

[melman]

29. Hardly the point

But if you can't see that this doesn't come from a place of strength I don't know what to tell you.

[George II]

32. That's not "going after", but whatever.

[melman]

35. Nothing like UNITY, eh?

[LeftTurn3623]

33. I'm a big Pete guy

and this doesn't bother me. They are fighting for a nomination. It shouldn't be all roses.