Former President Barack Obama said in a recent interview that from a “40,000-foot level” Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and scenario Bernie Sanders have similar policy goals.
‘If you look at the goals of Joe Biden and the goals of Bernie Sanders, they are not that different, from a level of forty thousand meters. “They both want to make sure everyone has health care,” he said in an interview with the New Yorker. They want to make sure that everyone can get a job that pays a living wage. They want to ensure that every child receives a good education. ”
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Obama, however, suggested that Biden went over some major issues in his political career because “circumstances have changed.”
‘Many times the problem has to do with‘ How do we deal with that, and what are the coalitions we need? ” Said the former president. “What I think the moment is done is to change some of those calculations, not because necessarily Joe’s has changed, but because circumstances have changed.”
And while there is a division in the Democratic Party between progressives and moderates, the former president insists that means “you tolerate, listen to and embrace people who are different from you, and try to get them in the fold . “
“You are working with not only Liberal Democrats, but you are working with Conservative Democrats – and you are ready to compromise on issues,” he added, emphasizing his point that the party must work together.
Sanders ended his presidential bid in April and supported Biden as the Democratic nominee to challenge President Trump in a general election campaign being waged against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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