Obama warned 2020 Democratic hopefuls that most voters aren't like “left-leaning Twitter feeds”.
Former President Barack Obama urged Democrats to offer proposals for progress on health care and inequality Friday evening in rare remarks on the 2020 presidential campaign — but he cautioned that most voters aren’t the same as “left-leaning Twitter feeds” and “don’t want to see crazy stuff” from Democratic presidential candidates.
The former president encouraged Democrats to think practically about policies that will appeal to regular voters. “I think it is very important for all the candidates who are running at every level to pay some attention to where voters actually are and how they can actually think about their lives,” Obama said.
Obama said he’s cognizant his “name comes up and stuff” during the primary, but he told the crowd: “I wouldn't run the same campaign today in this environment as I ran in 2008 in part because we made enough progress since 2008, of which I am very proud.”
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