Rahm Emanuel shuts socialists out of Democratic tent: ‘Run as a separate party’

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Former Obama adviser Rahm Emanuel said that he doesn’t view socialists as part of the Democratic Party, a rare pushback against attempts to establish a big-tent party that includes its left flank.

In an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Emanuel broke with the Democratic consensus over how to handle its surging Democratic Socialists of America contingent, arguing it should be locked out rather than accepted.

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