After creating the far-left, former President Barack Obama is now back peddling and warning the Democrats that the extreme left wing could destroy the party.
On Saturday, speaking at an Obama Foundation town hall event in Berlin, Germany Obama made this comment that I am sure has many people scratching their heads.
Former President Barack Obama said on Saturday he worries about the far-left, progressive wing of the Democratic party being unwilling to compromise and creating a “circular firing squad” against allies over policy and issue differences.
“One of the things I do worry about sometimes among progressives in the United States, maybe it’s true here as well, is a certain kind of rigidity where we say, ‘Uh, I’m sorry, this is how it’s going to be,’ and then we start sometimes creating what’s called a ‘circular firing squad,’ where you start shooting at your allies because one of them is straying from purity on the issues,” Obama said a town hall in Berlin, Germany, hosted by the Obama Foundation.
The Democratic former president argued that this party infighting usually leads to “the overall effort and movement weaken(ing).”
“You have to recognize that the way we’ve structured democracy requires you to take into account people who don’t agree with you, and that by definition means you’re not going to get 100 percent of what you want,” Obama said.
He spoke of the importance of compromise and navigating what you believe in, saying he wanted more from the multi-national Paris climate accord and the Affordable Care Act in the US, but accepted what could be passed and agreed upon at the time.
“You can’t set up a system in which you don’t compromise on anything, but you also can’t operate in a system where you compromise on everything,” Obama said.
After leaving office, Obama has focused on his nonprofit that encourages civil engagement.
Former President Barack Obama cautioned at a town hall discussion on Saturday that progressives may be embracing "rigidity" and "creating what’s called a circular firing squad where you start shooting at your allies." https://t.co/TVXG5KchlN
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