MSNBC anchor Jonathan Capehart argued that former President Barack Obama’s influence over the Democratic Party has sometimes been stifling for a younger generation of leaders who seek to shape the future of the party.

“The Obama people come in, they’re the new blood, and now people are starting to complain, ‘Oh my God, the Obama people, they’re running everything.’ Some of the criticism, I think, is valid,” Capehart said, referencing complaints that Obama-era staffers had of former President Bill Clinton’s advisors dominating party politics.

Despite Obama’s entrance into national politics coming almost 20 years ago, his influence on the Democratic Party , especially through his former campaign staffers and advisors, only seems to have grown.

Obama campaign alums, including Mitch S

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