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Obama Appears To Rip Ocasio-Cortez In Warning To Democrat Presidential Candidates

Ryan Saavedra
Obama Appears To Rip Ocasio-Cortez In Warning To Democrat Presidential Candidates
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Former President Barack Obama appeared to take a veiled shot at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) during a speech on Friday, warning that the party was moving too far to the left and that the average American does not agree with their views.

Obama, who made the remarks to some of the party’s top donors at the annual meeting of the Democracy Alliance, said that Democrats, independents, and moderate Republicans do not align with the same beliefs that are found on “certain left-leaning Twitter feeds” or “the activist wing of our party.”

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