‘An agile pivot’: Buttigieg refuses to defend Gabbard from Clinton attacks

Published October 20, 2019 3:04pm ET



South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg ducked questions Sunday morning about Hillary Clinton’s accusation that fellow candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian asset.

Jake Tapper asked Buttigieg how he felt about Clinton’s comments on the Campaign HQ podcast that the Hawaii Democrat was a “favorite of the Russians” and was an asset being groomed as a third party candidate to undermine the Democratic candidate in the 2020 election.

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