Former president says ‘if I spoke the language of James Baldwin on the stump … I’m probably not gonna to get a lot of votes in Iowa’

Barack Obama has underlined his belief that Democrats should moderate campaign messaging in order to reach voters turned off by slogans including “Defund the Police”, telling a literary group: “If I spoke the language of James Baldwin as he speaks it on the campaign stump, I’m probably not gonna get a lot of votes in Iowa.”

Related: Barack Obama criticizes ‘Defund the Police’ slogan but faces backlash

Continue reading…

You May Also Like

Capita undercuts British Council to run Turing student exchange scheme

Exclusive: Government strips council of role in programme, which replaced Erasmus after…

CBI warns UK government over Northern Ireland protocol

Impasse over Brexit deal forcing companies to reconsider investing in Britain, says…