Pete Buttigieg AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg criticized Donald Trump Jr. for inaccurately saying US coronavirus deaths are down to "almost nothing." "This is what happens when you're so out of touch that you just don't care anymore," Buttigieg told CNN on Friday. Cases and deaths from coronavirus are rising in the US: The US broke its single-day coronavirus case record last week with over 88,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day, in addition to over 1,000 deaths. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg criticized Donald Trump Jr.