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RT @reidepstein: Pete Buttigieg's daily shot at Bernie, this morning in Sioux City: "You have Senator Sanders sharing ideas and values tha… — PolitiTweet.org

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Yang tells Iowans at a Tipton High School that Trump is a “symptom of a disease” in the United States and that this election is the best chance to “cure that disease.” “And,” he says, “I'm the Asian doctor for the job." https://t.co/yjyvvhWCzJ — PolitiTweet.org

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Yang also said he grew emotional thinking about what his family has sacrificed during his over two-year run. "My family has been on the road with me this week," he said. "The kids were really excited to be here and it made me reflect on the journey for my family, too." — PolitiTweet.org

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New: Yang told CNN in Tipton that the emotion he showed last night came from him "reflecting on how far the campaign has come" & "realizing that there is a chance that after Monday, all of my time here in Iowa is going to be coming to an end." Our story: https://t.co/UBHeDuSNxY — PolitiTweet.org

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Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday morning walked back comments he made that his top competitor ahead of next week's Iowa caucuses, Bernie Sanders, is not a Democrat. via @sarahmucha: https://t.co/wqvhO253Gk — PolitiTweet.org

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Pete Buttigieg’s campaign unveiled a reflective closing message digital ad this morning, aiming to remind voters ah… https://t.co/BSpxJBiPCV — PolitiTweet.org

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Michael Bloomberg is skipping Monday's Democratic caucuses in Iowa. But that doesn't mean his presence isn't worryi… https://t.co/qdjPsZnwTk — PolitiTweet.org

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John Delaney announced Friday that, after over two years campaigning, he is ending his 2020 bid, closing a long-shot effort that saw the Democrat spend millions of his own fortune only to fail to gain any traction in the 2020 race. w/ @VeronicaStrac: https://t.co/6V1LTIlIEO — PolitiTweet.org

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Delaney, per his campaign, decided to get out now because he believed he wouldn't hit the 15% threshold in Iowa in enough precincts, but did have support “sufficient enough to cause other moderate candidates to not to make the viability threshold, especially in rural areas." — PolitiTweet.org

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Former Rep. John Delaney announces he is ending his presidential bid that started in July of 2017. “It has been a privilege to campaign for the Democratic nomination for President, but it is clear that God has a different purpose for me at this moment in time," he says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Andrew Yang told us last year that when he told his family he was running for president, some members said, "President of what?" He got emotional tonight in Dubuque about how that longshot bid has come. Our story: https://t.co/oBcjfsxj1K — PolitiTweet.org

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Yang got visibly emotional talking about his campaign at an event in Dubuque tonight: “I love Iowa. Campaigning here for the last two years has been the journey of my life. I am really glad you are going to determine the future of our country." https://t.co/ncNH7J4CCK — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg has now delivered a variation of this line in all four of his town halls today. “Let’s leave the politic… https://t.co/RkSWgZm2sB — PolitiTweet.org

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Former Mayor “Boot Edge Edge” is headlining a town hall a few miles away in Ankeny. He opened by noting Trump said… https://t.co/cpyzfly4sP — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden to reporters: “I don't know what Pete’s talking about, he’s a good guy, and that must be a sign that things are getting a little tight. So, a Washington playbook, I'm not sure what he means, what I'm advocating for the American people, the middle class.” h/t @sarahmucha — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SabrinaSiddiqui: Biden responds: “I don’t know what Pete’s talking about. He’s a good guy... He must be deciding things are getting a l… — PolitiTweet.org

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'Heartland' values? A Buttigieg tweet prompts fierce debate about what and who are the American heartland. Read this via @abbydphillip: https://t.co/32hgzgFitB — PolitiTweet.org

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Pete Buttigieg synthesizes his argument against Bernie Sanders in Marshalltown, Iowa: "We have a majority now to do things. ... We have got to galvanize, not polarize, that majority in our divided time in order to win." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ArletteSaenz: I asked @JoeBiden about this @PeteButtigieg critique. His response: “He’s a good guy. Pete’s a great guy.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg: "So, my point is what we need in order to win, and what we need in order to govern, is to unify around a… https://t.co/xphWrRIE0v — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg keeping up the by name criticisms of Biden & Sanders during a town hall in Independence. Of Biden, he sa… https://t.co/eaDMMq4egP — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @abbydphillip: I also asked Buttigieg to respond to the criticism of his use of “American heartland” in pitching himself to voters in a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DJJudd: New from @merica and me in Decorah, IA— with four days until the Iowa Caucuses, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is calli… — PolitiTweet.org

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Pete Buttigieg on Thursday accused Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, by name, of forcing the debate among Democratic pr… https://t.co/tTZ2PKjNk9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg followed up his criticism of Biden and Sanders in a conversation w/ reporters, saying it’s time to “move past the old arguments that have dominated the conversation.” “And it is just a different approach to what Vice President Biden or Senator Sanders are offering.” — PolitiTweet.org

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One added comment during this riff: "The less 2020 resembles 2016 in our party, the better." — PolitiTweet.org

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The thrust of his argument is that the Biden-Sanders arguments are too backward looking. “I don't want us to get caught up in an argument over who said what when about social security in the 1990s as Trump is threatening Social Security, and announcing cuts to Medicaid today.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Here is a transcript via @DJJudd: https://t.co/YzXPYpNrjl https://t.co/6du9cQCHKY — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg continues: "I hear Senator Sanders calling for a kind of politics that says you got to go all the way here and nothing else counts." He adds that's unhelpful "at the very moment when we actually have a historic" majorities on key issues. — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg, in a notable shift, is calling out Biden and Sanders by name during his stump speech in Decorah, Iowa today. Hits Biden for saying "this is no time to take a risk," adding that "that the biggest risk we could take... is to look to the same Washington playbook." — PolitiTweet.org