明尼苏达州参议员艾米·克洛布查尔是民主党2020年总统候选人，她在周一接受哥伦比亚广播公司采访时说，她对佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯这样的民主社会主义者成为候选人的前景感到“不安”。
克罗布加勒斯特是在新罕布什尔州的一次活动结束后接受埃德·奥基夫采访时发表这一声明的，哥伦比亚广播公司新闻报道。奥基夫提出了这样一个事实，即在周五举行的总统辩论中，克罗布加勒斯特是唯一一个举手承认他们会因为在11月的大选中有一名民主社会主义者代表民主党而感到困扰的候选人。
“问题应该是为什么其他人没有举手？”克洛布查尔在采访中告诉奥基夫。“但他们没有，因为人们互相看着对方，这可能不受欢迎，你会激怒一些人，但我相信领导和做你认为正确的事情，这就是我举手的原因，因为让一个社会主义者来领导我们的票让我感到困扰。”
在采访的晚些时候，这位明尼苏达州参议员说，如果民主党提名人想要有机会击败唐纳德·特朗普总统，她称之为“主要分割者”，他必须是一个能够“团结”国家的人
她说:“我们需要一位候选人，他的重点是让体面回归，并理解这是对这位总统的经济检查，因为我们没有共同的繁荣，这也是一种体面检查和爱国主义检查。”。“这就是你如何将独立人士和温和的共和党人带在身边的。”
2020年2月10日，民主党总统候选人艾米·克洛布查尔在新罕布什尔州纳什亚举行的纳什亚扶轮社会议上发言。
在过去，克洛布查尔本人被吹捧为温和派，可以在2020年大选中把独立和倾向共和党的选民带到民主党一边。
在他们的双重背书克洛布查和参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦，编辑委员会纽约时报称克洛布加勒斯特为“民主中心的旗手”
同样，桑德斯也确实自我认同为民主社会主义者——就像其他左倾的美国政客一样，比如纽约的众议员亚历山大·奥西奥·科尔特斯、密歇根州的众议员拉希达·特拉伊布和明尼苏达州的众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔。
出于这个原因，桑德斯遭到了保守派的一些批评，其中一些人将民主社会主义与共产主义混为一谈苏联和当代国家如委内瑞拉。
但是新闻周刊此前有报道称，虽然民主社会主义经常与共产主义混为一谈，但圣母大学政治学教授艾琳·亨特·鲍廷博士表示，桑德斯提出的政策更接近斯堪的纳维亚国家实施的政策。
到目前为止，在爱荷华州党团会议的结果中，克罗布加勒斯特赢得了一个承诺代表，而桑德斯以12个代表排在第二位，仅次于皮特·巴特吉格。
初步的投票结果在定于2月11日星期二举行的新罕布什尔州初选之前，克罗布查尔已经显示出对桑德斯和巴特吉格的支持。
AMY KLOBUCHAR IS 'TROUBLED' BY HAVING DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST BERNIE SANDERS POSSIBLY LEAD THE PRESIDENTIAL TICKET
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, a candidate for the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nomination, said in an interview with CBS News Monday that she was "troubled" by the prospect of a democratic socialist like Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders becoming the nominee.
Klobuchar made the statement in an interview with Ed O'Keefe just after an event in New Hampshire, which will hold its presidential primary on Tuesday, CBS News reported. O'Keefe brought up the fact that, at the presidential debate held on Friday, Klobuchar was the only candidate to raise their hand to admit that they would be bothered with having a democratic socialist representing the Democrats in November's general election.
"The question should be why didn't everyone else raise their hand?" Klobuchar told O'Keefe in the interview. "But they didn't, because people are looking at each other, and it may not be popular, and you're going to anger some people, but I believe in leading and doing what you think is right, and that's why I raised my hand, because I am troubled by having a socialist lead our ticket."
Later in the interview, the Minnesota senator said that the Democratic nominee must be one who can "unite" the country if they want to stand a chance at defeating President Donald Trump, whom she called "the divider-in-chief."
"We need a candidate whose focus is on bringing decency back and understanding that while this is an economic check on this president because we don't have shared prosperity, it is also a decency check and a patriotism check," she said. "That's how you bring independents and moderate Republicans with you."
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) speaks during a Nashua Rotary Club Meeting on February 10, 2020 in Nashua, New Hampshire.
In the past, Klobuchar herself has been touted as the moderate voice that could bring independent and lean-Republican voters to the Democratic side in the 2020 general election.
In their dual endorsement of Klobuchar and Senator Elizabeth Warren in January, the editorial board of The New York Times referred to Klobuchar as the "standard-bearer for the Democratic center."
Likewise, Sanders doe self-identify as a democratic socialist—as have other left-leaning American politicians, such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
Sanders has been met with some criticism from conservatives for this reason, some of whom conflate democratic socialism with the communism of the Soviet Union and contemporary countries like Venezuela.
But Newsweek previously reported that while democratic socialism is often conflated with communism, Dr. Eileen Hunt Botting, a professor of political science at Notre Dame University, said that Sanders' proposed policies are more along the lines of those implemented in Scandinavian countries.
Thus far in Iowa caucuses results, Klobuchar has earned one pledged delegate, while Sanders is in second place with 12 delegates, behind Pete Buttigieg.
Preliminary poll results ahead of the New Hampshire primary election, set to take place Tuesday, February 11, have shown Klobuchar behind both Sanders and Buttigieg.
