Klobuchar Timed Her Dropping Out To Help Deliver Minnesota To Biden

DALLAS, TX - MARCH 02: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden is joined on stage by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) during a campaign event on March 2, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. Klobuchar has suspended her campaign and endorsed Biden before the upcoming Super Tuesday Democratic presidential primaries. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX - MARCH 02: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden is joined on stage by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) during a campaign event on March 2, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. Klobuchar has suspen... DALLAS, TX - MARCH 02: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden is joined on stage by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) during a campaign event on March 2, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. Klobuchar has suspended her campaign and endorsed Biden before the upcoming Super Tuesday Democratic presidential primaries. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) liked the idea of ending her campaign with a win in Minnesota — but ultimately decided to drop out earlier to help deliver her home state to former Vice President Joe Biden.

“Then, the big overwhelming thing was I knew I was going to win my state,” she told the New York Times. “And I thought, ‘Well, that would be good. Good way to end.’ But then I thought, why would I just do that for myself? Maybe I can actually deliver this for Joe Biden knowing that he was at like 10 percent or 15.”

Biden did win the state after Klobuchar dropped out and endorsed, despite earlier polling that showed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) as likely to get the win.

Klobuchar also pointed out that she still won some counties on the edges of the state which she says don’t always get TV from Minnesota, since they’re closer to the Dakotas and Canada.

“Those were the ones that I still won,” Klobuchar said. “Maybe they went to vote in the morning without knowing.”

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  1. Sounds like a Democratic plot against Bernie…1,2,3 botsplosion!!

  2. AMERICAN BLUE VOTERS:

    Things to remember if the nominee is NOT your first, or even second, choice:

    1. You’re not just voting for a President.
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    NO Democrat is perfect but any Democrat is so much better than Donald Trump.

    Your first AND second choices may have dropped out. Your third might. But the nominee, no matter who she or he is, won’t be perfect. They won’t pass your purity test. And yet every single one of them will be better than four more years of Trump!!!

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    Share widely so we can stay united!

  3. Rigged. Imma have to vote for Jill Stein now.

  4. Maybe the headline should be:
    “Angelic Klobuchar Disses MN Dumb Hicks Who Voted For Her” ?

  5. YET anotTHER plOT of the corporatisT establisHMENT, RUssians and TRUMp to denY Bernie the CHANCE to RUN againsT TRUMP, who TRUMP fears THE MOST. AmericA wants A socialISTIC UTOPIARY.

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