(26 Feb 2020) Just three days before South Carolina's presidential primary election — and six days before Super Tuesday — Democratic presidential candidates continued to publicly make their case for the White House. The Rev. Al Sharpton hosted a half-dozen Democratic presidential hopefuls Wednesday morning at a ministers' breakfast sponsored by his National Action Network.
While former Vice President Joe Biden was hoping a South Carolina victory would rescue his presidential ambitions, other moderate candidates were also hoping for gains in the important southern state.
The night before, Biden and his Democratic rivals unleashed a roaring assault against Sen. Bernie Sanders during a contentious debate that tested the strength of the undisputed front-runner in the party's presidential nomination fight.
Despite the debate, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar insisted "there is still so much more that unites us than divides us," and Pete Buttigieg admitted that he hadn't yet won over many voters.
Buttigieg, a leading critic of both Biden and Sanders, canceled multiple events on the day saying he was sick.
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren told voters, "South Carolina you're going to move us one step closer to getting Donald Trump out of office."
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