Obama's blunt message for democrats: “harder”

Cnn
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Former President Barack Obama issued a call for the Democrats on Friday evening in a private fundraising campaign in New Jersey and asked those who were frustrated by the state under President Donald Trump to stand up for the things they think is right.

“I think it will be a little less navel bubbles and a little less whining and in fetal positions. And the Democrats will only require to increase,” said Obama in the fundraiser, as can be exposed exclusively from CNN.

“You know, don't tell me that you are a democrat, but you are currently disappointed, so you don't do anything. No, now is exactly the time you come in and do something,” he said. “Don't say that you take care of freedom of speaking and then you are still. No, you stand for freedom of speaking if it is difficult. If someone says something you don't like, but you still say: 'You know what, this person has the right to speak.' … what is now needed is courage.

Obama's comments come when the Democratic Party searches for its way forward in the second semester and beyond. Many in the base of the party have demanded a more vigorous reaction from democratic leaders in a time when the party is excluded from power.

While the debate of the Democrats who were to lead the party, Obama encouraged her to steer her energy into the governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia, and said that the elections outside the year could be “a big jump start where we have to go.

“Stop looking for the quick solution. Stop looking for the Messiah. You have great candidates who run the races. Support these candidates,” said Obama, and according to the excerpts of his comments, called the elections in New Jersey and Virginia.

“Make sure that the DNC contains what it needs to compete in a more data-operated, social media cycle that costs money and specialist knowledge and time,” he continued.

Obama spoke in a private fundraising campaign organized by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and his wife Tammy Murphy in Red Bank, New Jersey. The intimate dinner moved $ 2.5 million through personal and online donations for the Democratic National Committee.

Part of the transport is assigned to the democratic efforts in the breed of the governor in New Jersey. The democratic candidate, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, and DNC chairman Ken Martin were present for the event.

Obama described Sherrill and the former MEP Abigail Spanberger, the governor's democratic candidate in Virginia, as “powerful spokesman for a pragmatic wish to help people and who have both remarkable success files of the service”.

“The most important thing you can do now is to help the team, our candidate,” he said. “And we have to start building our cash registers in the DNC.”

Obama also argued that the Democrats have to concentrate on how to “deliver” for humans and recognize the different views within the party about how to do this best.

“I collect, I collect an argument between the left -wing party and people who promote the agenda for cited unbound frequency. Listen, these things are not contradictory. They want to deliver for humans and make their lives better? You have to find out how to do it,” he said.

“I don't care how much you love people. You cannot afford a house because all rules in your state make it unaffordable. And the zoning prevents apartment structures due to Nimby,” he said and referred to “not in my back yard”. “I don't want to know your ideology because you can't build anything. It doesn't matter.”

Obama has selectively spoke since Trump's return to power in January. He criticized the President's collective bargaining policy and warned that the White House violates the rights of the Americans. Last month, Obama warned that the country of a more autocratic government was “dangerously tight”.

In the fundraising campaign for closed prints on Friday, the former president said that he was not “surprised at what Trump did” or that “there are no guidelines within the Republican party”. He repeated his demands for institutions, including law firms and universities, to attribute the intimidation efforts by the Trump government.

“What is asked by us is a certain effort to stand up for the things you think is right. And to be ready to feel a little uncomfortable when defending your values. And to defend the country. And to defend the world that you want to leave your children and your grandchildren,” he said. “And if we all do this when we do our work in the next year and a half, we think we will rebuild dynamics and we will position ourselves to move this country in the direction it should.”