A new Biden campaign ad is out one social media…
This is a departure from Biden & Co., which had shyed away from direct attacks against others….
With several polls out in New Hampshire showing Bernie Sanders leading in the state and Buttigieg in second….They have shared the Iowa spotlight even with no declared winner for the caucus…
Joe Biden seems to be fighting for 3rd place….
Biden is joined in attacking Buttigieg by Amy Klobuchar , who is stuck in single digits no matter how good she does in debates….
Joe Biden mocks Pete Buttigieg’s experience as a small-city mayor in a new digital adthe former vice president’s campaign is set to use on YouTube and Facebook in New Hampshireahead of Tuesday’s primary.
The ad marks a sharply negative turn as Buttigieg led and Biden finished fourth in Iowa’s caucuses on Monday. Titled “Pete’s Record” and reported first by CNN, it makes a series of cheeky comparisons between the two candidates — contrasting Biden’s time shepherding major legislation to passage and negotiating international agreements with the smaller challenges facing the mayor of a city of 100,000.
It’s the most direct, negative ad aired to date by any leading Democratic presidential contender against a primary rival. The ad reflects a new sense of urgency in Biden’s campaign to slow Buttigieg’s momentum and cast doubt on his electability and readiness for the presidency. Biden and his aides have said they expect to lose New Hampshire, too — but his campaign is looking to regain its footing as the race moves to Nevada and South Carolina later this month.
“We’re electing a President,” the narrator says. “What you’ve done matters.”
The ad starts with a narrator saying: “When President Obama called on him, Joe Biden helped lead the passage of the Affordable Care Act. And when parkgoers called on Pete Buttigieg, he installed decorative lights under bridges, giving citizens of South Bend colorfully illuminated rivers.”…
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Buttigieg throws back at Biden…
In a statement shared with TPM, Buttigieg’s campaign spokesperson Chris Meagher called out Biden for putting down his mayoral experience.
“At this moment, the American people are crying out for something completely different from this classic Washington style of politics,” Meagher said in the statement. “While Washington politics trivializes what goes on in communities like South Bend, South Bend residents who now have better jobs, rising income, and new life in their city don’t think their lives are a Washington politician’s punchline.”…
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