Klobuchar denies Iowa caucus pact with Biden
February 2, 2020
Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Sunday rebuffed reports that she and former Vice President Joe Biden have struck a deal to help each other in precincts where one of them doesn't have enough support to win delegates in Monday's Iowa caucuses.
“He said no. We said no. There is no deal,” the Minnesota Democrat said in on “Fox News Sunday.” “I am just focused on our own race here. We have precinct captains all over the state.”
“I have a long track record of working on rural issues. So, I have something that is pretty special here going into the Iowa caucuses,” she said.
The comments follow a New York Times report that Biden’s aides floated the idea of an alliance with Klobuchar’s campaign. Specifically, the two campaigns would drum up support in precincts where Biden or Klobuchar might fall short of the key 15 percent threshold required to make the second round of polling.
Although the senator has enjoyed a surge in support in the last few days, Klobuchar still remains in fifth place in Iowa polls, behind Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg.
Klobuchar is holding a number of events on Sunday to "get out the caucus" and will end her weekend just outside of Des Moines for a Super Bowl watch party.
Source: https://www.politico.com/
