2020 Democrat takes aim at senator rivals

By Naomi Lim

Published August 10, 2019 1:54am ET

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2020 Democrat takes aim at senator rivals — Democratic president candidate and former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is seen at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. | (AP Photo/John Locher)

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa — John Hickenlooper threw shade at the slew of Democratic senators running for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination, saying they lack the executive experience to lead the country.

“I would like to point out one important fact: No sitting senator, no sitting senator has ever beaten an incumbent president,” the former governor of Colorado told the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding Friday evening.

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