PLAINS, Ga. — White House hopeful Pete Buttigieg planned to drop out of the race for president Sunday after a disappointing finish in South Carolina left him without a path to victory in the coast-to-coast Super Tuesday contest, multiple outlets reported.
The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was to announce the decision on the same day he had breakfast with former President Jimmy Carter in Plains, his second pilgrimage to meet with the Georgia Democrat.
Even Carter, who didn’t endorse the candidate, seemed to hint at Buttigieg’s tough path ahead. Of Buttigieg’s future plans, Carter told reporters: “He doesn’t know what he’s going to do after South Carolina.”
Buttigieg responded: “Every day, we’ll do the math.”
The math looked forbidding to Buttigieg, whose campaign lost momentum after top-two finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire.
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