The Democratic Party has a notoriously shallow bench of candidates ahead of the next presidential election cycle, but Barack Obama remains one of the few figures on the left who remains relatively popular across the party’s base.
His former White House chief of staff seems to be hoping he can siphon off some of that good will and launch of campaign of his own in a few years.
Rahm Emanuel addressed his presidential ambitions during a recent episode of ABC’s “The View.”
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According to The Hill:
“Everybody in this audience, they just want one thing, their kids to have a shot,” Emanuel said. “And the problem is Washington’s giving them the shaft. And that is wrong.”
Following his comments, multiple people remarked that Emanuel came
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