And here we go… Jake Tapper says Pete Buttigieg is going back to being an irrelevant mayor:
Campaign aide tells me Pete Buttigieg is suspending his campaign this evening.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 1, 2020
the former Mayor is returning to Indiana to deliver a speech in South Bend this evening, aide says
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 1, 2020
Wow. I’m not surprised at all. He was not doing well and the black votes in South Carolina just knocked him into next week.
More:
Buttigieg aide says they didn’t see a clear path to the nomination. Buttigieg will give a speech about unity tonight. Unclear if that includes an endorsement.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) March 1, 2020
Maybe Jimmy Carter told him to screw off this morning:
WATCH: @PeteButtigieg has breakfast with President Jimmy Carter. pic.twitter.com/b4JRwu8uWN
— The Hill (@thehill) March 1, 2020
Also he’s doing terribly in California:
#California Suffolk University/USA TODAY Poll:
— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) March 1, 2020
Sanders 35%
Bloomberg 16%
Biden 14%
Warren 12%
Buttigieg 7%
Klobuchar 5%
Gabbard 3%
(Poll Conducted Feb 26-2/29)
Buttigieg, 38, will suspend his campaign tonight in northern Indiana after landing at SBN, and after his come-from-nowhere bid became a top-tier campaign for the Democratic nomination.
— Robert Costa (@costareports) March 1, 2020
Based on convos with his aides today, he is eager to see the party unite soon...
I’ll update as necessary.