Obama Tells Democrats to ‘Chill Out’ and Focus on Trump
- He urges candidates to ‘go beyond’ what he accomplished
- But former president warns party not to use ‘purity tests’
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Former President Barack Obama on Thursday appealed to Democrats to “chill out” about their differences during the presidential nomination race and focus instead on beating President Donald Trump.
“There will be differences,” he said, but they are minor compared with “the ultimate goal, which is to defeat a president and a party that has, I think, taken a sharp turn away from a lot of the core traditions and values and institutional commitments that built this country.”