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2020 Democrat presidential candidates are each eager to take on President Trump in the upcoming election. The shared goal is causing the various prospective contenders to lash out at one another.

Infighting Amongst 2020 Democrat Candidates

Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg have each taken shots at one another. Sanders slammed Buttigieg for apparently drawing parallels between Sanders supporters and Trump supporters. This subsequently prompted Buttigieg to claim that Sanders lacks the ability to reignite the momentum which initiated his 2016 campaign in its earliest stages.

The Sanders campaign furthermore criticized the campaign of former Vice President Joe Biden. According to the Sanders campaign, Biden didn't raise funds in a manner which is grassroots enough.

Biden, who entered the 2020 presidential election, is no stranger to censure from his own party. Moments after the announcement of his candidacy, the Justice Democrats issued a scathing condemnation of the former vice president.

Primary Elections

Partisan infighting during primary elections is normal to a degree and even to be expected. After all, Democrats are competing with one another and hoping to win their party's nomination. This largely involves taking down the competition.

However, despite the normalcy associated with infighting during primary elections, Democrat strategist Andrew Feldman still has concerns. According to Feldman, Democrats should abstain from infighting to an extent which hinders their ability to take on President Trump.

In Feldman's own words:

"A primary race is good for the party; we’re seeing real innovative ideas. At the end of the day, we have to make sure we don’t tear each other apart to the point where we can’t come back and beat Trump."

The Divide Amongst the Democrat Party

Infighting amongst the Democrats may appear standard on the surface; however, it could very well be indicative of a deeper issue amongst the left-wing. For quite some time, progressives have asserted that more moderate-leaning Democrats are problematic to the party's growth. America saw this yesterday when the Justice Democrats slammed former Vice President Joe Biden as a "centrist."

For better or for worse, there is a segment of Democrats who believe that their party needs to go further to the left.