Biden Takes Aim at Buttigieg and Sanders After Iowa Caucus Loss

  • Biden attacked Buttigieg’s experience, Sanders’s label
  • “We took a gut punch in Iowa,” Biden said in New Hampshire

Joe Biden speaks during a caucus night watch party in Des Moines, Iowa, on Feb. 3, 2020. 

Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
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Joe Biden stepped up attacks on his Democratic rivals Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders while campaigning in New Hampshire Wednesday, a day after results out of the Iowa caucuses showed the former vice president in fourth place in the first nominating contest.

The gloves came off during a town hall in Somersworth, when Biden said that Buttigieg’s limited experience in leadership as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, would make him a risky choice as the party’s nominee.