'ThanksObama': 2020 Democrats walk back Obama criticisms
WASHINGTON – Some 2020 Democratic presidential candidates that took aim at former President Barack Obama during this week's primary debates are now trying to walk back their criticisms.
In a tweet Friday, Biden pushed back on the implication that Obama had not been bold enough in dealing with health care policy when the former president worked to have Obamacare passed."There is nothing moderate about what President Obama did with Obamacare. Nothing," Biden tweeted."Seven presidents tried to expand access to health care — the Obama-Biden Administration finally got it done.
And Washington Post opinion writer Stephen Stromberg argued that the attacks on Obama's policies could serve the interests of President Donald Trump because they"provide talking points for a president determined to denigrate his predecessor and to diminish his legacy by any means possible." Sen. Cory Booker during Wednesday night's debate slammed Biden for invoking Obama, saying:"You can’t have it both ways. You invoke President Obama more than anyone in this campaign. You can’t do it when it’s convenient and then duck it when it’s not.”
"I'm sure if Barack Obama was sitting here — and I hope he's sleeping this morning — he would tell you, 'I've made some mistakes,'" Booker continued. Biden told Castro during the debate that he hadn't heard that complaint from him at the time when they both worked for Obama.More: Tulsi Gabbard: Bashar al-Assad is 'a brutal dictator, just like Saddam Hussein'
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