Mike Bloomberg: Buttigieg and Klobuchar ‘Behaved Themselves’ by Dropping Out
“I felt sorry for them,” the candidate added in response to the news that two of his rivals had dropped out of the race at a campaign event in Virginia.
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Asked for his reaction to the news that both Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar had dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary contest ahead of Super Tuesday, Mike Bloomberg told reporters on Monday that he “wished them all the best.”
“I think both of them behaved themselves, is a nice way to phrase it,” the former New York mayor added, somewhat patronizingly, during a campaign event in Virginia. “They represent their country and their states very well. And I felt sorry for them. But I’m in it to win it. And we are going to go out, and we’re going to go get him.”
NEW: @MikeBloomberg makes first comments on both Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Mayor Pete Buttigieg dropping out. In Northern Virginia he says he spoke to both of them and they both “behaved themselves,” also says he felt sorry for them, but he’s “in it to win it.” pic.twitter.com/8JDoLCl6Wc
— Tim Perry (@tperry518) March 2, 2020
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