RNC: Webb Dropping Out Is Proof Democrats Have ‘Moved Away From The American People’
SCOTT GREER
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus believes that Jim Webb’s Tuesday decision to drop out of the Democratic presidential primary is a sign of how out of touch the party is with the American mainstream.
“Former Senator Jim Webb’s decision to drop out of the race is a reflection of how far left the Democrat
Party has moved away from the American people,” Priebus said in a Tuesday press release.
Webb, known for his conservative views on guns and other issues, said that he was no was no longer running as a Democrat due to the party shifting to the “extremes” in recent years.
In the RNC statement, Priebus said that the popularity of Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, and Hillary Clinton pandering to the far left shows a party forgetting the lessons of its midterm loss while “racing to the fringe and proposing policies that make President Obama look like a moderate.”
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“Former Senator Jim Webb’s decision to drop out of the race is a reflection of how far left the Democrat
Party has moved away from the American people,” Priebus said in a Tuesday press release.
Webb, known for his conservative views on guns and other issues, said that he was no was no longer running as a Democrat due to the party shifting to the “extremes” in recent years.
In the RNC statement, Priebus said that the popularity of Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, and Hillary Clinton pandering to the far left shows a party forgetting the lessons of its midterm loss while “racing to the fringe and proposing policies that make President Obama look like a moderate.”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/20/r...-away-from-the-american-people/#ixzz3p8lcHkTt