Tom Steyer targets ‘struggling’ Pete Buttigieg over minority outreach and experience weaknesses

Published February 6, 2020 5:24am ET



MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Billionaire long-shot candidate Tom Steyer previewed attacks he’s likely to lob at Pete Buttigieg during the New Hampshire debate.

Steyer, 62, knocked Buttigieg, 38, over his inability to appeal to minority Democrats during a televised CNN town hall late Wednesday in response to a question about his own poor performance in Iowa. He’s a hedge fund manager, Democratic megadonor, and impeachment proponent, spending millions of dollars on ads ahead of the first-in-the-nation caucus, but Steyer is on track to earn less than 1% of state delegate equivalents, while Buttigieg is trending toward finishing first with 26.4%.

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