Posted on 12/03/2020 8:24:08 AM PST by Libloather
Former President Barack Obama called on the Democratic National Committee to give a bigger platform to progressives as they continue to butt heads with the party's centrist members.
"One thing I will say about the Democratic Party is that promoting young people is really important. We stick so long with the same old folks and don't make room for new voices," Obama said in an interview with Peter Hamby on Snapchat's Good Luck America.
Obama also acknowledge the party's controversial decision to allot Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez only 60 seconds at this summer's national convention, while handing out significantly more television time to former Republican Ohio Governor John Kasich and businessman and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
"The Democratic National Convention, I thought, was really successful considering the pandemic but, you know, the fact that an AOC only got, what? Three minutes or five minutes? When she speaks to a broad section of young people who are interested in what she has to say, even if they don't agree with everything she says," Obama said.
"You give her a platform, just like there may be some other young Democrats who come from more conservative areas who have a different point of view. But new blood is always good," he continued.
His comments come as conflict between the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and more centrists Democrats have widened following the November 3 election.
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young people = radicals
Barry O is all over the news lately. He is taking the spotlight away from the frail, elderly Joe Biden. Why?
AOC isn’t a policy maven. She’s a performance artist. A talented one.
Good idea.
I agree, like the platform right under the hangmans noose.
I agree. I need a good laugh every now-and-then.
He thinks it is his third term.
The worse this crap gets every day, the more I’m convinced that splitting the country is the only remedy.
Every single person in Congress is up for reelection every two years. Every single one.
How in the hell did she get reelected???
Barkie told us he wanted to be dick-tater...
Barry leads the communist revolution in America
Because the spotlight needs to be taken away from the frail, elderly Joe Biden.
I have a “bigger platform” for AOC.
Snort my coffee out my nose!
Barrack’s definition of a ‘centrist’ is only valid for the statistical view of the current Democrat Party which has a ‘right’ wing that is only moderately LEFT with the ‘Squad’ being rabid socialistic LEFT.
AOC couldn’t run a lemonade stand but we are supposed to follow her plan to remake (destroy) the economy.
He needs to just shut up and retire for good.
He’s not president any more and needs to mind his own business instead of coordinating things for the Deep State.
There are no centrists in the democrat party. There are only two types of leftists: those that think the time for revolution is now, and those that think it's not yet a sure thing so they should keep lying and work to further undermine the system from within.
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