Obama tells Democrats to CHILL OUT on the socialist purity tests…

Obama told a crowd of Democratic donors that the 2020 Democratic candidates need to chill out on the socialist purity tests:

NY POST – Obama spoke to about 100 donors during a question-and-answer session with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez in Los Altos Hills, California. The event came a day after the fifth Democratic presidential primary in Atlanta and as the 17-person field continues to expand, with the expected entry of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the coming days.

Until recently, Obama largely refrained from opining publicly on the Democratic contest, and his move from the sidelines comes at a moment of deep uncertainty for the party. Many are jittery about the uneven candidacy of his former Vice President Joe Biden, questioning whether Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren can defeat President Donald Trump next year, and skeptical of whether Pete Buttigieg, the South Bend, Indiana, mayor who is surging in Iowa, can appeal to black voters that are a crucial Democratic voting bloc.

“We will not win just by increasing the turnout of the people who already agree with us completely on everything,” Obama said. “Which is why I am always suspicious of purity tests during elections. Because, you know what, the country is complicated.”

Obama urged Democrats to “chill out,” saying, “The truth of the matter is that every candidate on that stage believes we should provide” better health care and education and address climate change.

I hate to admit it, but he’s not wrong. 2020 Democrats have gone so far left and are pushing other less socialist candidates to do the same, so that whoever wins won’t be able to compete in the general next year because they’ve alienated half the country.

What I think this is really about is Obama trying to give cover to Biden without explicitly endorsing him. Biden has been trying all year to maintain some semblance of being a ‘moderate’ and I think it’s becoming harder to resist the hard socialist push by Warren and others.

But hey, I’m not here to give advice to Democrats. I’m just eating my popcorn and watching the socialist field of candidates implode.


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