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Cigarettes. the former trump national security adviser john bolton tweeting today he's been forced to stay silent on twitter in recent weeks. bolton in his first two tweets claiming his quote was acted, quote, unfairly. we should also note that bolton, now that he's tweeting again, has refused to appear thus far as a witness in the impeachment inquiry. president obama weighing in on the 2020 campaign. he has a message for democrats. chill out. anyone who is nervous about the field of democratic contenders, quote, needs to chill out about the candidates. obama adding, yes, there is a differ...

Better word. i want to do a dramatic reading from an essay that appears on cnn.com this morning. and i quote. let's be clear, democratic voters in lexington, kentucky, are not the voters in the bronx. if democrats are serious about expanding our lead in the u.s. how's and flipping the u.s. senate, we must understand the purity test making sure the candidate's ideology lines up perfectly with their party's do not work. that was written by bakari sellers. >> oh, my goodness. so i wholeheartedly agree with what was written. but democrats, we fall into these purity tests. we cannot do that. what h...

Have to as doug was saying, we can't fall prey to these purity tests. that's what i wrote on cnn.com. we cannot fall bray to these purity tests. while we had a unpopular president in donald trump, yes, it was a rebuke against him, we had amazing candidates last night run on issues that mattered to their electorate. an anna beshear did not run through kentucky i can be further left than anyone else, he ran on issued to kentuckians, what works in the bronx doesn't mean it will work in paducah or louisville. i think as a party we have to shy away the litmus test and choose the best candidates mat...

Joined by one of his senior advisers in the white house, valerie jarrett. she's also author of the book "finding my voice: my journey to the west wing and the path forward." ms. jared, thank you for being with us. i was as some of the old ladies in church, overjoyed when i heard the president say that. because isn't it a dangerous pattern and even slightly arrogant when some on the left are giving purity tests and not moving forward and not trying to do things in a way that will benefit americans the way we claim we want to see it befitted? >> i think that's absolutely right. good evening, rev...

Then i can sit back and feel good about myself. you see how woke i was. i called you out. get on tv. watch my show. watch grownish. you know, that's not activism. that's not bringing about change. >> who's that message for, is that a message for democrats right there? >> i think in part and people running. but certainly for the party. i think at times the reaction to donald trump has been to kind of put out these purity tests that say if you don't meet these bars, if you're not with me on every single issue and check this box, you're not part of the party. it's good to have big dreams and aspi...