Former President Barack Obama took a shot and cancel culture and knocked “buzzkill” Democrats for getting caught up in “policy gobbledygook.”
In a recent interview with on the “Pod Save America” podcast on Friday, the forty fourth President said that Democrats have strayed away from a message of equality to “scolding” on social issues.
“My family, my kids, work that offers me satisfaction, having fun,” Obama said. “Hell, not being a buzzkill. And sometimes Democrats are.”
“Sometimes people just need to not feel as in the event that they are walking on eggshells, they usually want some acknowledgment that life is messy and that every one of us, at any given moment, can say things the unsuitable way, make mistakes,” he added.
Obama said Democrats have to “find a way to talk to everybody about their common interests.”
“And what works for I believe everybody, is the concept of a basic equal treatment and fairness. That’s an argument that’s compatible with progress on social issues and compatible with economic interests,” he said.
“I believe where we get into trouble sometimes is where we attempt to suggest that some groups are more – because they historically have been victimized more – that someway they’ve a standing that’s different than other people and we’re going around scolding folks in the event that they don’t use exactly the correct phrase,” Obama said. “Or that identity politics becomes the principle lens through which we view our various political challenges.”
He said that Democrats, himself included, sometimes see their message bogged down by “policy gobbledygook.”
“Look, I used to get into trouble each time, as you guys know well, each time I got a bit of too professorial and, , began … after I was behind the rostrum versus after I was in a crowd, there have been times where I’d get, , sound like I used to be giving a bunch of policy gobbledygook,” Obama explained.
The previous president added, “And that’s not how people take into consideration these issues. They give thought to them when it comes to the life I’m leading day after day. How does politics, how is it even relevant to the things that I care essentially the most deeply about?”
Ahead of November’s midterm elections, Obama has been campaigning for Democratic candidates in key states. He’ll travel to Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin this month.
Former President Barack Obama took a shot and cancel culture and knocked “buzzkill” Democrats for getting caught up in “policy gobbledygook.”
In a recent interview with on the “Pod Save America” podcast on Friday, the forty fourth President said that Democrats have strayed away from a message of equality to “scolding” on social issues.
“My family, my kids, work that offers me satisfaction, having fun,” Obama said. “Hell, not being a buzzkill. And sometimes Democrats are.”
“Sometimes people just need to not feel as in the event that they are walking on eggshells, they usually want some acknowledgment that life is messy and that every one of us, at any given moment, can say things the unsuitable way, make mistakes,” he added.
Obama said Democrats have to “find a way to talk to everybody about their common interests.”
“And what works for I believe everybody, is the concept of a basic equal treatment and fairness. That’s an argument that’s compatible with progress on social issues and compatible with economic interests,” he said.
“I believe where we get into trouble sometimes is where we attempt to suggest that some groups are more – because they historically have been victimized more – that someway they’ve a standing that’s different than other people and we’re going around scolding folks in the event that they don’t use exactly the correct phrase,” Obama said. “Or that identity politics becomes the principle lens through which we view our various political challenges.”
He said that Democrats, himself included, sometimes see their message bogged down by “policy gobbledygook.”
“Look, I used to get into trouble each time, as you guys know well, each time I got a bit of too professorial and, , began … after I was behind the rostrum versus after I was in a crowd, there have been times where I’d get, , sound like I used to be giving a bunch of policy gobbledygook,” Obama explained.
The previous president added, “And that’s not how people take into consideration these issues. They give thought to them when it comes to the life I’m leading day after day. How does politics, how is it even relevant to the things that I care essentially the most deeply about?”
Ahead of November’s midterm elections, Obama has been campaigning for Democratic candidates in key states. He’ll travel to Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin this month.
