Former Obama Economic Adviser Robert Wolf joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’
This is an unofficial transcript meant for reference. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
Biden is totally controlled
now by the Bernie Sanders left
wing of the party and in fact,
hes gone further left than
Bernie Sanders ever dreamt of
going
so obviously other than Bernie
have brought him left
Griff. That was president Trump
yesterday calling out Joe Biden,
accusing him of moving even
further left than Bernie
Sanders
here to react. Former economic
add vise, tore President Obama,
Robert Wolf,
Hey Robert Good Morning, to
you
good, to see you Griff
Griffs has Biden lurched so far
left he cant correct course in
come on. You know. Those
comments by President Trump are
ridiculous.
Joe Bidens, not a socialist, so
lets just look at the facts.
His proposals are both
progressive and moderate,
depending what you look at
hes, not for Medicare for all
but hes for people being
allowed to keep their
employer based insurance
hes, not for the green new deal
but hes for climate action
hes not for defunding the
police
hes, not for a wealth tax, but
trickle down. Economics is not
working
and on issues where all Dems are
unified, as well as the majority
of the United States, such as gun
reform and supporting
immigration reform and systemic
equality, hes the guy whos
going to unify our country
so and by the way. If you
look at Chris Wallaces
Interview, we know the stuff the
president was talking about on
this, so called manifesto. He was
making stuff up that wasnt even
in the manifesto
Griff. Let me bring you back,
though Robert, because this is
a campaign season like weve,
never seen before.
The old adage in politics is
campaign left or right govern
in the middle, but what we saw
in the very first debate of the
democratic premauer theyre all
for giving health care to all
legal immigrants.
It was a starting point that was
so far left. My I hear you
debunking the presidents claims
about whether or not Biden
signed on to the Bernie Pact and
these other things, but if Biden
isnt there will the Bernie
Bros and that faction of the
Democratic Party not vote for
him.
I mean its clear that this
is very different from twenty. Sixteen,
the motivation for the
Democratic Party to vote is the
highest its ever been.
We saw that starting in the blue
wave in the twenty eighteen, midtermses and
weve, seen it ever since, where
were winning governorships
weve flipped, seven or eight
governorships.
So this idea that theres a lack
of motivation to vote and that
Joe Biden isnt going to be able
to unify our party is just
inaccurate
and the issues that we talk
about theyre not far left
issues,
gun reforms, not a far left
issue,
Griff Robert, just in the
seconds weve got left. Do you
believe that the running mate
choice, which were going to get
any day now will indicate how
far left hell govern?
I dont, because I think that
if you look at the people who
are up for it, Kamala Harris
Susan Rice, Karen Bass,
theyre President Bush, I would
say theyre pretty much. I
would say pretty much somewhere
between progressive and
moderate
laughter,
Griff well, depending on how
progressive or moderate that
person is, I think, its going to.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-09.