One of Hillary Clinton’s former aides reacted to the apparent Conservative Party victory in the United Kingdom’s election by tying racism and xenophobia to the win.
Peter Daou, who was Clinton’s internet director during her 2008 presidential campaign, expressed his displeasure with the results on Twitter on Thursday.
“Never underestimate the impact of unadulterated racism and xenophobia in the election of rightwing white males around the world,” Daou, who also worked on John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign, said.
Never underestimate the impact of unadulterated racism and xenophobia in the election of rightwing white males around the world.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) December 12, 2019
Daou has recently been an advocate of Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and has spoken against the Democratic establishment.
“I was a vocal Hillary Clinton supporter, and now I’ve moved to a position where I think that the Democratic Party establishment needs to change,” Daou recently told Politico. “Bernie Sanders is the sole candidate advocating for systemic change — democratic socialism, really questioning the capitalist system, questioning the entire establishment.”
Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 55, is projected to win 368 seats in Britain’s Thursday election, according to an exit poll by U.K. broadcasters. The win could potentially grant the Conservative Party an 86-seat majority, a number larger than anticipated.
