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As Pete Buttigieg Surges in Iowa Ahead of Debate, Fellow Democrats Sharpen Their Attacks

Staffers on other Democratic campaigns call him “Sneaky Pete” or “Mayor McKinsey” because of his ties to the business community. Others assail him as “Mayo Pete” or “Cream of Pete” because he’s so white, and at least one aide to an opposing candidate has dubbed him “Benjamin Button,” after the old man who looks like a baby. Democrats have been quietly sniping at Pete Buttigieg for months, but now that the millennial mayor is surging in Iowa and in the top tier in New Hampshire just days ahead of the next Democratic debate, the knives are coming out.

 

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