Democrat Klobuchar on Diversity and Taking on Trump in the 2020 Presidential Race
Democratic presidential contender Amy Klobuchar is banking on a strong showing in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation nominating contest on Feb. 3 to jump-start her path to the party’s nomination. The moderate U.S. senator from…
Democratic presidential contender Amy klobuchar is banking on a strong showing in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation nominating contest on Feb. 3 to jump-start her path to the party’s nomination.
The moderate U.S. senator from Minnesota, who is polling in fifth place with Iowa voters, squeezed three town halls and a 10-hour side trip to early voting state Nevada into 32 hours over the weekend as she raced to raise her profile.
Ahead of the Democratic debate in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, she also sat down with Reuters to make the case that her mix of practical policy priorities, humor and blunt talk is what Democrats need to win back the White House in the November election from Republican President Donald Trump.
DIVERSITY IN THE DEMOCRATIC FIELD
I miss my good friend Kamala (Harris) very much. … I just saw her this week in the Senate, and I miss her on that debate stage. We became close friends during that campaign. I really, really miss her. And Cory (Booker), I wish he could get on that stage again. Maybe he will, as well as Andrew Yang. There are a number of people still running for this job who are diverse, and I hope they get on the stage…
If I win and become president, I will make sure that … my government reflects this country. That’s one of the problems with Donald Trump. His Cabinet does not reflect where this nation is.
DEBATING TRUMP
First of all, you have to have that ability to make a joke or poke at him or just show how absurd he is. Because he does use humor. A lot of people, including myself, just don’t always think it’s funny, but you gotta remember that. So just meeting it without some animation and some humor I think is a problem. So that’s the first thing. The second is just ignoring him. Sometimes he wants you to go down the rabbit hole with him.