Ben Shapiro
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But here is the thing.
People perceive Barack Obama as moderate because he is charming and because he is unthreatening to people in his affect.
But Barack Obama is, was and continues to be a radical leftist, a radical leftist.
The most important clip from this interview with Stephen Colbert is the one where he says there is no divide.
He's not wrong about this.
There is no divide between liberals and leftists.
Many of us have been pointing out that there seems to be a conflict inside the Democratic Party between kind of old school liberals and the hardcore left.
Zoran Mamdani is not reflective of the entire Democratic Party.
There's a John Fetterman wing of the Democratic Party.
Barack Obama says no.
Zoran Mamdani is the leadership class of the Democratic Party.
There is no conflict between the leftists and the liberals.
Here he was explaining to Stephen Colbert.
You look at somebody like Mamdani, who I think is an extraordinary talent.
And so I don't worry as much about some of these issues within the Democratic Party.
Now, again, look at what Obama is doing here.
Look at what he's doing here.
He says, Zoran Mamdani is just a normal politician who wants to, you know, like just fight for affordable housing.
That is not true.
Zoran Mamdani is an open socialist, an open socialist who openly sympathizes with terror groups.