Bernie Sanders: Democrats should not be shocked center class ‘deserted’ its ‘disastrous marketing campaign’ for Trump

In a press release after the race was known as for President-elect Donald Trump, the longtime progressive lawmaker issued a scathing rebuke of the Democratic get together, saying it has deserted “working-class” voters.

“It ought to come as no nice shock {that a} Democratic Occasion which has deserted working class individuals would discover that the working class has deserted them,” Sanders wrote in a press release. “Whereas the Democratic management defends the established order, the American persons are indignant and wish change. They usually’re proper.”

It ought to come as no nice shock {that a} Democratic Occasion which has deserted working class individuals would discover that the working class has deserted them.

Whereas the Democratic management defends the established order, the American persons are indignant and wish change.

They usually’re proper. pic.twitter.com/lM2gSJmQFL

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 6, 2024

“Will the large cash curiosity and well-paid consultants who management the Democratic Occasion study any actual classes from his disastrous marketing campaign?” Sanders added later within the assertion. “Have they got any concepts as to how we will tackle the more and more highly effective Oligarchy which has a lot financial and political energy? Most likely not.”

Sanders went on to name for many who are obsessed with “grassroots democracy” and “financial justice” to have “critical political discussions” within the coming weeks and months following the election.

On Tuesday, Trump swept a number of battleground states that Biden received in 2020 as supporters, particularly younger males, turned out in massive numbers. The shift echoes Bernie Sanders’ sturdy attraction to this demographic in 2016, regardless of Sanders’ extra progressive platform.

Sanders has lengthy championed insurance policies geared toward supporting the working class, from advocating for a $15 minimal wage to pushing for common healthcare, making him a pure ally for voters annoyed with financial inequality. Whereas he in the end endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in July, Sanders had initially withheld his help, searching for commitments from Harris on progressive points vital to the working class first.