President Barack Obama made the case for Democratic unity on the late night couch — appearing on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” to say he hopes Democrats are “able to pull things together” ahead of the general election.
“My hope is over the next couple weeks, we’re able to pull things together. And what happens during primaries, you get a little ouchy. Everybody does,” Obama told host Jimmy Fallon. “Tthere’s a natural process of everybody recognizing that this is not about any individual” and said he expects a “great convention” in Philadelphia this summer.
When Fallon asked Obama if he thought the Republicans were happy with their choice of Donald Trump as their presidential nominee, he deadpanned — “we are” — before seriously ruminating on the need for “a healthy two-party system.”
“The truth is actually I am worried about the Republican Party,” he said. “You want the Republican nominee to be somebody who could to the job if they win. And you want folks who understand the issues. And where you can sit across the table from them and you have a principled argument. And ultimately can still move the country forward.”
Obama continued: “So I am actually not enjoying, and I haven’t been enjoying over the last seven years, watching some of the things that have happened in the Republican Party, ’cause there’s some good people in the Republican Party. There are wonderful Republicans out in the country who want what’s best for the country and may disagree with me on some things but are good, decent people.”
