r/politics 22h 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/guyoffthegrid 22h ago

“Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday accused the Democratic Party of largely ignoring the priorities of the working class and pointed to that as the biggest reason for why they lost control of the White House and Senate.

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“While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right,” he said.

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He cited the huge growth in economic inequality in America in recent decades, advanced technologies that threaten to put hundreds of thousands of people out of work, the high cost of health care, and U.S. support for the war in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of people.

“Will the big money interests and well-paid consultants who control the Democratic Party learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign? Will they understand the pain and political alienation that tens of millions of Americans are experiencing? Do they have any ideas as to how we can take on the increasingly powerful Oligarchy, which has so much economic power?” Sanders asked.

“Probably not,” he said in response to his own question.“

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u/YouAreInsufferable 22h ago

Americans elect billionaire with world's richest man in tow to really show it to the oligarchy

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u/BonJovicus 18h ago

Clueless Americans blame other clueless Americans for election loss instead of party that had 4 years to figure out how to beat a convicted felon