Rahm Emanuel, onetime chief of staff to former President Barack Obama, derided the Democratic Party brand as “weak and woke” as well as “toxic,” The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Emanuel, also a former congressman and two-term mayor of Chicago, made the comments amid reports that he’s considering a run for president in 2028. Emanuel will be the headliner at a fish fry in Iowa in September that typically kicks off the party’s nomination process, the Journal reported.
Emanuel also took a jab at the coronation of former Vice President Kamala Harris as his party’s nominee last year while looking ahead to what is expected to be a crowded field in 2028, according to the report.
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