Trump Mocks Dems Over Buttigieg Exit: ‘They’re Taking Bernie Out Of Play’

President Donald Trump mocked Democrats Sunday night after former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg exited the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, suggesting that the Democratic Party had pushed Buttigieg out before his time so that they could consolidate behind a “moderate” candidate — in this case forme Vice President Joe Biden — and take Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) “out of play.”

“Pete Buttigieg is OUT,” Trump tweeted. “All of his SuperTuesday votes will [go] to Sleepy Joe Biden. Great timing. This is the REAL beginning of the Dems taking Bernie out of play – NO NOMINATION, AGAIN!”