In an address to wealthy liberal donors, Obama warned that the average American voter does not align with views from 'certain left-leaning Twitter feeds or the activist wing of our party.'
Former President Barack Obama on Friday warned Democratic primary candidates to avoid moving too far left in their policy proposals.
Obama's comments, made to the Democracy Alliance in Washington D.C., come as a large spread of candidates compete in the Democratic primary. Former President Barack Obama speaks to students at the University of Illinois where he accepted the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government on September 7, 2018 in Urbana, Illinois.on Friday warned Democratic primary candidates to avoid leaning too far left in their campaigns, and raised concerns that certain liberal policy proposals on health care and immigration might have gone further than public opinion.
Obama said that his concerns aren't a criticism of party activists, whose job he said is to "poke and prod and text and inspire and motivate." But he emphasized that whoever the candidate is, their ultimate job is to get elected.
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