Democratic Primaries

RDavisJ1

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25. Pete didn't talk to Biden until after dropping out

Sun Mar 8, 2020, 11:48 AM

Mar 2020

Pete made his decision and was on his way back to South Bend and hadn't spoken with Biden.

I realize that conspiracy theory is far more entertaining than the truth, but it is what it is.

How do I know this? I was a part of the digital response team for Pete.

Pete did the math. There was no path for him. Instead of being a spoiler candidate, Pete did exactly what he had been saying, the party first. It doesn't take a math genius to figure out that by staying in the race stole votes from others. We had been working on Sunday to prep and were working when we found out Pete was dropping out. We asked the question, "Had he talked to Biden?" No. He hasn't. Pete dropped out solely for the health and benefit of the party.

Immediately the conspiracy theories were running that it was because he "got something." He had no assurances of any type before dropping out.

I don't believe Pete will be VP. I believe the VP will be a woman of color.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Sanders claims Buttigieg, Klobuchar dropped out only b/c establishment "put a great deal of pressure [View all] highplainsdem Mar 2020 OP

That's why both are enthusiastically endorsing Biden, right? MineralMan Mar 2020 #1

The Establishment made them do it. Try to keep up. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #8

LOL! I know Amy Klobuchar. MineralMan Mar 2020 #17

He's starting to come off as kind of dense. Did he think all those candidates... brush Mar 2020 #35

And then Amy bludgeoned them to death with a stapler. musicblind Mar 2020 #44

Doesn't BS know that this is a RW/Trump talking point? lapucelle Mar 2020 #2

So what or who, exactly, is this so-called "establishment"? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #3

I was told by one Sanders supporter that it isn't a particular group of people musicblind Mar 2020 #45

Clyburn and Perez? Dem4Life1102 Mar 2020 #60

It isn't out of the realm of possibility Bettie Mar 2020 #4

That is the way the primary game has always been played NYMinute Mar 2020 #7

I'm not whining, frankly, I Bettie Mar 2020 #23

No one should be saying that Amy and Pete buckled under pressure NYMinute Mar 2020 #24

That's politics, not pressure. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #10

No...say it isn't true...the Biden campaign were politically motivated!!!! OMG ...you might Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #11

You got it, sistah!!!! LakeArenal Mar 2020 #13

Yep, a politician playing politics..the nerve! And in a primary no less...why I just Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #33

Bernie is anointed. /nt yardwork Mar 2020 #21

It is his due...damn it...his turn as it were. Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #32

Heehee! Good one. brush Mar 2020 #37

Honestly, I wonder sometimes if the Sanders campaign understand politics. Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #42

Pete didn't talk to Biden until after dropping out RDavisJ1 Mar 2020 #25

Thanks for the background. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #39

Thank you! betsuni Mar 2020 #43

Tahnk you for explaining that so very well, RDavis! Cha Mar 2020 #47

Then you don't know Pete. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #36

It's an Insult.. Amy and Pete can think for themselves.. Cha Mar 2020 #46

What's said in the title of the original post is hooey. HA! n/t sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #53

It's an awful thing to accuse Amy & Pete Cha Mar 2020 #54

Aloha, Cha! sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #56

Thank Goodness we have Dems United! Cha Mar 2020 #57

Heheh. Rock on! eom sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #63

Bernie, look within your campaign NYMinute Mar 2020 #5

It's not his policies that are the problem, Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #40

It was a coup! dalton99a Mar 2020 #6

Add a sarcasm tag... Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #12

How insulting. Did it ever dawn on him that they made their own minds up, and decided that instead still_one Mar 2020 #9

They all realize, just as most of us do, is that America will not elect a socialist... brush Mar 2020 #22

I think BS took that claim directly from Trump's twitter feed n/t Hav Mar 2020 #14

The Sanders campaign and Sanders too.. (or it came from his feed) were retweeting Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #34

+1 Cha Mar 2020 #48

Same way Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State. LakeArenal Mar 2020 #15

On that argument he sounds like Trump. It's someone else's fault. blueinredohio Mar 2020 #16

Toxic thinking and apparently highly infectious. emmaverybo Mar 2020 #27

It's happening again. Squinch Mar 2020 #18

So they can't think for themselves? yardwork Mar 2020 #19

Worst Strategy Ever.. Cha Mar 2020 #49

So? Renew Deal Mar 2020 #20

The Revolution Bernie wasn't expecting... RDavisJ1 Mar 2020 #26

Berne counted on devided moderates to allow him to win with comradebillyboy Mar 2020 #28

Yeah.. from what I've gathered.. he had that Cha Mar 2020 #50

The best laid plans of mice and men... comradebillyboy Mar 2020 #61

Exactly! Cha Mar 2020 #62

Oh geez! Whining is not a strong look. Fla Dem Mar 2020 #29

I hope they did. That's what they should have done. bitterross Mar 2020 #30

So after his entire life in politics, Bernie still does not know drray23 Mar 2020 #31

It is very likely in both Pete's and Amy's best interest to have done what they did karynnj Mar 2020 #38

In the real world, candidates who do not have a path to nomination drop out Gothmog Mar 2020 #41

Yeah, if they want to unite to beat trump Cha Mar 2020 #51

Sanders now claims the "establishment" is the billionaires. So, the billionaires forced Buttigieg LizBeth Mar 2020 #52

Smacks of desperation.nt Skidmore Mar 2020 #55

Spot on, &shows BS is running for himself, not the country onetexan Mar 2020 #58

If he wants to accuse folks of collusion he'd better have some proof behind it Blue_Tires Mar 2020 #59

He forgot to blame the dog also whistler162 Mar 2020 #64