Former President Jimmy Carter sat down to an early morning breakfast with Pete Buttigieg in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, following the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor's disappointing showing in South Carolina.
Asked what he thinks of Buttigieg, Carter praised the former mayor and shared some candid commentary on his fight for the Democratic Party's nomination. The pair was joined by their spouses for the morning meal at the Buffalo Café. Visit CNN's Election Center for full coverage of the 2020 race"I've liked him since I first met him. Year before last we built houses for Habitat for Humanity in South Bend, Indiana, because he was there," Carter told reporters.
The former mayor entered Saturday's South Carolina contest in second place in the delegate count, but following a disappointing finish in the Palmetto State that netted him no new delegates, he now trails former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders with just 26 delegates.
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