Obama described as ‘parasite’ on the Democratic Party in new book

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A new book describes former President Barack Obama as a “parasite” on the Democratic Party, using it as a “host” during his first term to get reelected.

The description appears in a chapter of Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaign to Defeat Trump, written by Edward Isaac Dovere, a writer for the Atlantic, and former chief Washington correspondent for Politico.

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