Obama Says Democrats Can Be a ‘Buzzkill’

Barack Obama told Pod Save America that Democrats can sometimes be a “buzzkill,” too often framing issues with identity politics that force people to feel as though they’re “walking on eggshells.”

Said Obama: “Sometimes people just want to not feel as if they are walking on eggshells, and they want some acknowledgment that life is messy and that all of us, at any given moment, can say things the wrong way, make mistakes.”

He added: “I think where we get into trouble sometimes is where we try to suggest that some groups are more—because they historically have been victimized more—that somehow they have a status that’s different than other people and we’re going around scolding folks if they don’t use exactly the right phrase.”