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    Obama Says Democrats Don't Always Need To Be 'Politically Woke'

    Obama said he worries that some Democrats are too worried about ideological "purity" and that social media callouts are not activism.
    by Juana Summers Oct 31, 2019 2 minutes
    Former President Barack Obama speaks to guests at the Obama Foundation Summit on Tuesday in Chicago.

    A former aide to Barack Obama said that concerns the former president raised about ideological "purity" were aimed at explaining that governing requires having conversations that include people whose values you may not share.

    Speaking Tuesday at an Obama Foundation summit in Chicago, Obama said that he worries that some in the Democratic Party's left flank are too worried about ideological "purity"

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