Pete Buttigieg, who served as transportation secretary under former President Joe Biden, appeared to acknowledge Tuesday that he believed Biden should not have run for a second White House term. When asked by reporters if the Democratic party would have been better off without Biden as the nominee,

During an appearance in Iowa on Tuesday night, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg acknowledged that Democrats may have won in November if former President Joe Biden had not sought reelection.

The former Biden administration official was in Iowa, where he warned in his highest-profile public appearance since leaving government not to ‘hang back’ against President Donald Trump.