Klobuchar joins Biden in saying she’d be ‘concerned’ with a socialist candidate

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota joined former Vice President Joe Biden in saying that a socialist presidential candidate would hurt the Democratic Party in the general election.

Klobuchar revealed her skepticism to the idea during the Democratic primary’s Friday night debate. The topic began when one of the moderators asked Biden about his recent criticism of independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders suggesting that he wouldn’t be able to help fellow Democrats running in more centrist or conservative districts.

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