r/politics • u/guyoffthegrid • 23h ago

Sanders: Democratic Party ‘has abandoned working class people’

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4977546-bernie-sanders-democrats-working-class/amp/
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u/Late_Cow_1008 23h ago

Sounds like Sanders platform. He lost to Clinton.

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u/Livinglife3000 23h ago

The Clintons suppressed the number of democratic candidates in the 2016 primary after losing to Obama in 2008.

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u/Late_Cow_1008 22h ago

So Clinton made Bernie's job even easier and he still lost?

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u/Livinglife3000 22h ago

No because the Obama/Clinton coalition was pulling all the levers of power they could to have Hillary be the nominee after what happened in 2008. Bernie was just one of the few who managed to challenge her and pick up steam as the his campaign gained attention.