Howard Dean: ‘Whiny’ Progressives Don’t Want to Win, They Just Want to Be ‘Pure’ – Breitbart News

There has always been a section of the left, which I call the whiny party the party that doesnt really wanna win, they just wanna be pure, and if they go down swinging purely, then thats fine, Dean told MSNBCs Joy Reid on AM Joy.

Well, the problem with that is it leaves behind the people who really need their help, he continued. If were gonna have a single-payer or Medicare for all or whatever were gonna have in healthcare that covers every American, as every other industrialized country has, then we all have to pull together.

Deans response comes after several media outlets such asMicand theWeekran stories about why some progressives, especially those who backed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for president in 2016, criticized potential 2020 candidates including Harris, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D).

Dean said those who criticized Harris and other candidates were doing the Democratic party a disservice.

And people who sit out or crank on some candidate because they did this or that that wasnt to their purity test are basically turning their back on the very people they pretend to represent, Dean said. So I dont have a lot of patience with this wing of the progressive party.

Despite Deans claim that the Democratic Party needs to come together to support Democratic candidates, he tweeted Tuesday that he would not support the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) if they backedpro-life candidates.

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