Conservative columnist George Will wrote in a column published Thursday that if Democrats want to beat President Trump, they should nominate Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.).
Will argued in the op-ed that Bennet “checks a requisite number of progressive boxes” due to his stances on issues like climate change and the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, but “refrained from frightening and mystifying voters” like others who have called to eliminate private health insurance or pack the Supreme Court.
“If Democrats are as serious as they say they are about defeating Donald Trump, Bennet should be their nominee,” he wrote.{mosads}
Wilson also noted that Bennet, 54, is younger than candidates like former Vice President Joe Biden, 76, so he has not had to apologize for stances he took decades ago.
Bennet in May entered a crowded Democratic field as a long-shot candidate. He is among more than two dozen people vying for the nomination.
Will is a conservative columnist but has been a frequent critic of Trump and the Republican Party, which he has labeled a “cult” of the president.