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Former Obama Adviser: Obama ‘Sitting On The Sidelines’ Helped Give Us Socialist Sanders

Paul Bois
Former Obama Adviser: Obama ‘Sitting On The Sidelines’ Helped Give Us Socialist Sanders
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Now that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has picked up victories in Iowa (coming in a close second), New Hampshire, and now Nevada, the Democratic divide has quickly begun to show itself as party members decide if their hatred for President Trump is worth voting for an avowed socialist who speaks fondly of communist dictators. Former Obama National Finance Committee Member Don Peebles says that a Sanders candidacy is a bridge too far for him and partly blamed the former president for the Democratic debacle.

Speaking to Lisa Boothe on “Fox & Friends” on Sunday, Peebles urged Sanders’ opponents to recalibrate their campaigns in order to sink his candidacy, asserting that he could not support him in the general election.

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