Pete Buttigieg Pitches Himself to Moderates as the Biden Alternative

  • Underdog 37-year-old candidate takes message on Iowa bus tour
  • Buttigieg knocks Warren and Sanders but is cautious with Biden
Pete Buttigieg speaks during a campaign stop in Clinton, Iowa, on Sept. 25.Photographer: Scott Olsen/Gett Images
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Pete Buttigieg is pitching himself as an alternative to moderate Democrats who might not be sold on Joe Biden.

On a recent bus tour of Iowa, Buttigieg framed his argument, emphasizing the need to “re-center our politics” and recapture the notion of freedom and faith from conservatives who he says use those terms to “club people over the head.”