“It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,” Sanders said.

“First, it was the white working class, and now it is Latino and Black workers as well. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.”

“Will the big money interests and well-paid consultants who control the Democratic Party learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign?” Sanders asked.

“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 and political power? Probably not.”

  • @cultsuperstar
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    None of that stuff is going to happen, unfortunately, not while the Rs control everything. And it’s not official but it looks like they’re going to win the house too. So they’re going to run buckshot on this country with no one to stop them. They’ll control all 3 branches.

    • @Dozzi92
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      None of it happened while Ds had any modicum of control either. Bernie represents what the democratic party should be, not what it is and has been. They pivoted hard to the status quo and we are footing the bill.

      • @BeMoreCareful
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        I honestly feel like this must be how partys flip. The Democrats are the Republicans of the seventies, the new conservative party.

        Now, I’ll be the first to admit that the Republican party hasn’t exactly moved left, and is the biggest hole in my theory. Who knows maybe this populism will pave a path forward for them.

        • @[email protected]
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          The Republican party has moved left in rhetoric. The promise to fix everything and put America first. Create all the jobs. The best economy!

          The will not do it. But that is irrelevant.

    • El Barto
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      not while the Rs control everything

      Uh, Bernie was blocked by the democrats, not the republicans.