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On the recordJuly 31, 2019
One of the things I do worry about sometimes among progressives in the United States, maybe it's true here as well, is a certain kind of rigidity where we say, ah, I'm sorry, this is how it's going to be. And then we start sometimes creating what's called a circular firing squad, where you start shooting at your allies because one of them is straying from purity on the issues.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama expresses concern about progressives attacking each other instead of focusing on defeating Trump.

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