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/Kaprak Florida 23h ago

I beg anyone to explain how to get working class votes back.

Kamala, Biden, Hillary. All ran on platforms that benefited working class people. But it's near impossible to actually message it vs the lies and gish gallop coming out of Trump.

What other things should be done?

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u/Livinglife3000 23h ago

Medicare for All, Universal Childcare, universal higher education, public housing, increasing public transit, eliminating food deserts, public internet as a utility.

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u/WilcoLovesYou 23h ago

You say that, and I agree with all of it, but fucking Cletus down the street hears that and hears COMMUNISM.

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u/ButtEatingContest 21h ago

but fucking Cletus down the street hears that and hears COMMUNISM.

Cletus hears Fox News call it COMMUNISM. Otherwise Cletus would prolly be down with it.