Democratic hopefuls tiptoe around Obama legacy during debate
01 August 2019 - 10:32
Washington — Former president Barack Obama was not on the Democratic presidential candidate debate stage on Wednesday night, but he was omnipresent as 2020 hopefuls struggled with attacking the legacy of their party’s most popular member.
Coming under heavy attack from more liberal, lower-polling candidates, frontrunner Joe Biden frequently invoked Obama in his defence, for whom he served as number two for eight years...
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