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Trial Balloon · Ep. 190: Trump Is Everywhere

Dean Tells Older Dems to ‘Get the Hell Out of the Way’

December 28, 2017 · 3:59 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Howard Dean told MSNBC that older members of the Democratic Party need “to get the hell out of the way and have somebody who is 50 running the country.”

Said Dean: “I think my generation needs to get the hell out of politics. Start coaching and start moving up this next generation who are more … fiscally sane. Neither Republicans or Democrats can claim they are fiscally responsible anymore.”

He added: “This young generation is going to pay for that if we don’t get the hell out of the way and have somebody who is 50 running the country.”

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