Buttigieg sounds alarm after Sanders wins Nevada [View all]

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Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Saturday made his most explicit case yet that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) would be unable to beat President Trump, just hours after Sanders vaulted ahead of his rivals in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Buttigieg, who had spent more time in Nevada than all but a handful of the other candidates, used his concession speech to warn against a "rush to nominate Sen. Sanders," casting him as a disaster in waiting for Democrats up and down the ballot.

"I believe the only way to truly deliver any of the progressive changes we care about is to be a nominee who actually gives a damn about the effect you are having, from the top of the ticket, on those crucial, front-line House and Senate Democrats running to win, who we need to win, to make sure our agenda is more than just words on a page," Buttigieg said.

"Sen. Sanders, on the other hand, is ignoring, dismissing, or even attacking the very Democrats we absolutely must send to Capitol Hill in order to keep Nancy Pelosi as Speaker, in order to support judges who respect privacy and democracy, and in order to send Mitch McConnell into retirement. Let’s listen to what those voices are telling us," he said.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/484228-buttigieg-sounds-alarm-after-sanders-wins-nevada