Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) made a scathing rant. criticize against the Democratic Party, which suffered a crushing defeat on Election Day.
In a fiery statement, Sanders declared that it was “not all that surprising” that his party lost the presidential election and many other congressional defeats.
Sanders claims to be an advocate for working-class Americans, but he called President-elect Donald Trump's desire to eliminate the federal income tax “insane economics.”
“It's not really surprising that the Democratic Party, which has abandoned working-class people, now realizes that the working class has abandoned them,” Sanders said.
“First it was the white working class, now it's Latinos and black workers as well. While Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And They are right,” he wrote.
“While the very rich are doing amazingly well today, 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, and income and wealth inequality is at an all-time high,” Sanders continued. Ta. “Incredibly, the average American worker's real weekly wage, adjusted for inflation, is actually lower than it was 50 years ago.”
“Can the big interest interests and highly paid consultants who control the Democratic Party learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign?” he asked. “Will they understand the pain and political alienation that tens of millions of Americans are experiencing? How can we counter an increasingly powerful oligarchy with enormous economic and political power? , do they have any ideas?”
“Probably not,” Sanders concluded.
Former Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded to Sanders, saying, “Unfortunately, it's too late.”
In his criticism, Sanders also accused Democrats of supporting Israel.
“Today, despite the strong opposition of the vast majority of Americans, we continue to pour billions of dollars into the extremist Netanyahu regime's all-out war against the Palestinian people, a war that is threatening mass malnutrition,” Sanders said. and a terrible humanitarian disaster, with thousands of children going hungry,” Sanders said. said.
“Those of us who are concerned about grassroots democracy and economic justice need to have a very serious political discussion,” he concluded.
Sanders claims to be an advocate for working-class Americans, but he has criticized President-elect Donald Trump's desire to abolish the federal income tax.Mad economics.He argued that such plans would “hurt the desperately poor and make the very rich even richer.”
Mr. Sanders, a sitting senator, earns approx. $174,000 per yearworth approximately $3 million. He won re-election for a third time on Tuesday and will remain in the Senate for another six years.
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