A former top adviser to Hillary Clinton declared it an “outrage” that 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are attacking Barack Obama.
“The GOP didn’t attack Reagan, they built him up for decades. Dem Candidates who attack Obama are wrong and terrible. Obama wasn’t perfect, but come on people, next to Trump, he kind of is,” Neera Tanden tweeted Thursday.
The GOP didn’t attack Reagan, they built him up for decades. Dem Candidates who attack Obama are wrong and terrible. Obama wasn’t perfect, but come on people, next to Trump, he kind of is.
This is my outrage of the day.
— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) August 1, 2019
Joe Biden, who served as Obama’s vice president, was pressed during the second Democratic debate Wednesday whether he stood behind Obama-era healthcare, immigration and trade policies.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attacked Biden for the number of deportations under Obama. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker accused Biden of invoking Obama’s legacy only when it’s convenient for him.
“Mr. Vice President, you can’t have it both ways. You invoke President Obama more than anybody in this campaign. You can’t do it when it is convenient and dodge it when it is not,” Booker said.
