Obama tells Dems to “strong” that the center candidate can actually deliver

Former President Barack Obama Telling blunt words to Democratic donors after the Democrats were locked in power after the 2024 election cycle was told on Friday.

“I think it will require a little less gaze on the belly button, less complaining, and being in the fetal position. It will require Democrats to step up,” Obama said at the fundraiser. Obtained by CNN. “Don’t tell me you’re a Democrat, but you’re a little disappointed now, so you did nothing. No, now is the time to get there to do something.”

Obama is not alone in urging his Democratic colleagues to take a more aggressive attitude after the Republican momentum in 2024. The former president articulated that his view that he became more aggressive and reinforced means sticking to unpopular policies and candidates, or may make legislators uncomfortable, but provides the best opportunity in the eventual opportunity.

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“Don’t say you care a lot about freedom of speech and then you’re quiet. No, you stand up freedom of speech When it’s hard. When someone says something you don’t like, but you still say, “Do you know? That person has the right to speak. … What you need now is courage.

“Stop looking for quick fixes,” he added. “Stop looking for Messiah. You have excellent candidates to compete now. Support those candidates.”

The former president noted in particular the upcoming elections in New Jersey and Virginia. Later this year, Virginia will face a big governor between current Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin winning Earle-Sears and former longtime Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger.

exist New Jersey, Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a Democratic Congressman, reportedly participated in Friday’s fundraising event, and is running for her state’s open gubernatorial seat for GOP candidate Jack Ciattarelli.

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Rep. Mikie Sherrill spoke to reporters after a vote at Hillside Elementary School in Montclair, New Jersey on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Deirdre Heaveny/Fox News Numbers)

The two states will also hold new state parliamentary elections and other local elections. In Virginia, special elections will also be held this year to replace the late Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-VA.

In his remarks, Obama described Spanberger and Sherrill as “a powerful spokesperson, a pragmatic, consensus desire to help people, and they both have an excellent track record of service.”

“Stop looking for quick fixes. Stop looking for Messiah. You have excellent candidates to compete now. Support these candidates.” – Former President Barack Obama

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

Obama acknowledges that the party is increasingly inclined to nominate progressive, left-wing candidates, such as the recent choice Zohran Mamdani On New York Governor Andrew Cuomo New York City Mayor Racebut it is not mutually exclusive to what they are promoting and what the centrist Democrats are pushing.

New York House Representative Zohran Mamdani held an event at the National Action Network Justice Building in Harlem, Manhattan, New York on June 28, 2025. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu)

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“I’m gathering, there’s some argument between the left side of the party and the people who are promoting the rich agenda of quotes. Listen, these things are not contradictory. Do you want to provide people with a better life and make their lives better? You have to figure out how to do that,” Obama said Friday.

“I don’t care how much you love workers. They can’t afford a house because all the rules in your state make it impossible to build. Zoning can prevent multifamily structures Because Nimby,” he added, opposing the idea that residents who develop nearby are “not in my backyard”. “I don’t want to know your ideology because you can’t build anything. It doesn’t matter. ”

Obama said the demand from his fellow Democratic leaders is to “put some effort on what they think is the right thing, even if it makes them “somewhat uncomfortable.”

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