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Democratic 2020 candidate Moulton says Sanders, Warren too liberal to beat Trump
Source: Reuters
POLITICS APRIL 27, 2019 / 6:10 AM / UPDATED 29 MINUTES AGO
Democratic 2020 candidate Moulton says Sanders, Warren too liberal to beat Trump
Tim Reid
4 MIN READ
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. congressman Seth Moulton, one of 20 Democrats running for president, criticized rivals Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren on Friday, saying they were so liberal they risked handing President Donald Trump a second White House term.
Moulton is a long-shot candidate at this stage. But his comments reflect a growing conflict between the Democratic Party’s moderate and progressive wings that will likely be laid bare during the battle to decide who will take on Republican Trump in next year’s presidential election.
A representative from Massachusetts and Iraq war veteran, Moulton said Trump is a much more difficult candidate to defeat in 2020 than many Democrats realize because of his appeal to voters in the heartland who are frustrated with Washington.
“We can’t go too far left or we will lose middle America,” Moulton said in an interview in Los Angeles, part of a tour to California and other early voting states since he announced his candidacy on Monday.
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Democratic 2020 candidate Moulton says Sanders, Warren too liberal to beat Trump
Tim Reid
4 MIN READ
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. congressman Seth Moulton, one of 20 Democrats running for president, criticized rivals Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren on Friday, saying they were so liberal they risked handing President Donald Trump a second White House term.
Moulton is a long-shot candidate at this stage. But his comments reflect a growing conflict between the Democratic Party’s moderate and progressive wings that will likely be laid bare during the battle to decide who will take on Republican Trump in next year’s presidential election.
A representative from Massachusetts and Iraq war veteran, Moulton said Trump is a much more difficult candidate to defeat in 2020 than many Democrats realize because of his appeal to voters in the heartland who are frustrated with Washington.
“We can’t go too far left or we will lose middle America,” Moulton said in an interview in Los Angeles, part of a tour to California and other early voting states since he announced his candidacy on Monday.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-moulton/democratic-2020-candidate-moulton-says-sanders-warren-too-liberal-to-beat-trump-idUSKCN1S309U
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
where is he on the spectrum, again? 
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
While he agreed the wealthy ought to pay their share of taxes, Sanders and Warren wanted to “punish the rich,” Moulton said, which he called un-American.
After Democrats took control of the House of Representatives in 2018, Moulton helped organize opposition to Representative Nancy Pelosi’s bid to become Speaker for a second time.
“The problem with some of the candidates in our party is that they’re divisive in the same way that Trump has been so divisive,” Moulton said. “They are pitting different parts of America against each other.”
He said most Americans aspire to be rich. “That’s the sprit of America, that’s the American dream,” he said.
He said most Americans aspire to be rich. “That’s the sprit of America, that’s the American dream,” he said.
Moulton said his candidacy would gain traction by focusing on foreign policy, a subject he said many Democratic rivals were afraid to address, and by running as a “change agent” against the old guard in Washington.
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
