When Will Democrats Learn Unifying America Is for Suckers?

Centrists like Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg want to govern like Obama — which led to Trump

Paul Blest
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Buttigieg and Biden shake hands prior to a recent Democratic debate. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images

PPresidential candidates claiming that they can “unify” or “heal” the United States is among the worst platitudes in politics, one that’s proven itself more useless with every passing day of the Trump era. But it…

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Paul Blest
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Journalist based in Raleigh, N.C., ex-Splinter and INDY Week. Bylines at GEN, The American Prospect, The Outline, VICE, The Nation. Twitter: @pblest