Klobuchar, Buttigieg and Beto converge on Dallas in all-star show of force for Biden, as centrists

Klobuchar, Buttigieg and Beto converge on Dallas in all-star show of force for Biden, as centrists rally to halt Sanders


Centrist Democrats closed ranks behind Joe Biden on Monday, with Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg —the freshest casualties of 2020—converging on Dallas to help the former vice president keep the nomination from Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Beto O’Rourke, the former El Paso Democrat who nearly unseated Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018, was expected to make a surprise endorsement at Gilley’s honky tonk, too.

The show of force on the eve of Super Tuesday amounted to a breathtaking turnaround for Biden as he plays catch-up with the democratic socialist, Sanders, and tries to fend off billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who has pumped more than $500 million into the race.

A landslide victory in South Carolina on Saturday revived Biden’s moribund campaign after lackluster performances in earlier contests, and he scrambled to take advantage of his “Joe-mentum."

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