Former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper found a way to stand out at a crowded gathering of California Democrats: He denounced “socialism,” and got booed. The Coloradan, who was a geologist and a brewer before entering politics, has repeatedly argued for Democrats to embrace and reform capitalism. “We’ve got to clearly show that we reject socialism,” Hickenlooper said. Hickenlooper had also been booed for saying that Democrats should not “[remove] private insurance from over a hundred million Americans,” a reference to Medicare-for-all legislation. [but] what I was trying to do was not allow the president to disqualify Democrats.

Source: Washington Post June 02, 2019 00:45 UTC