California Democrats Boo Candidates for Attacks on Socialism

California Democrats Boo Candidates for Attacks on Socialism

Over the weekend at the California Democratic Convention, 2020 presidential hopefuls John Hickenlooper and John Delaney were both booed by the crowd for denouncing socialism.

June 4, 2019
California Democrats Boo Candidates for Attacks on Socialism

Over the weekend at the California Democratic Convention, 2020 presidential hopefuls John Hickenlooper and John Delaney were both booed by the crowd for denouncing socialism. Hickenlooper’s proclamation that “socialism is not the answer” was met with immediate jeers.

WATCH: John Hickenlooper Denounces Socialism And Gets Booed

Next it was John Delaney’s turn to be booed when he stated “Medicare for All may sound good, but it’s actually not good policy nor is it good politics.” By denouncing a key policy proposal of Democrats, Delaney drew the ire of freshman Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who called for him to be eliminated from the primary: