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Gundlach Dubs Biden ‘Jurassic Joe,’ Says He Won’t Win Nomination

The 76-year-old former vice president is a politician from a bygone era, Gundlach said.

Gundlach Dubs Biden ‘Jurassic Joe,’ Says He Won’t Win Nomination
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, speaks during a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. (Photographer: Jim Young/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) -- Jeffrey Gundlach has a nickname for the Democratic presidential front-runner: “Jurassic Joe.”

The billionaire investor took aim at Joe Biden on Thursday, saying the candidate won’t win his party’s nomination.

Gundlach Dubs Biden ‘Jurassic Joe,’ Says He Won’t Win Nomination

“He’s been running for president for 32 years,” Gundlach said on a webcast for his DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund. “Over that 32-year-period he’s amassed exactly zero delegates.” Biden ran for president twice before.

The 76-year-old former vice president is a politician from a bygone era, Gundlach said, placing Biden in the Jurassic period, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. He said the nickname wasn’t a reference to Biden’s age but rather his tenure in politics.

Gundlach, who often comments on politics, predicted that Donald Trump would win the presidency.

--With assistance from Andrew Dunn and John Gittelsohn.

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