Democratic National Committee Chairman Jamie Harrison hit back at Bernie Sanders with a post about X after the progressive senator from Vermont claimed the Democratic Party had lost the working class.
“It shouldn't be too surprising that the Democratic Party, which has abandoned working class people, now realizes that the working class has abandoned them,” Sanders wrote in a Nov. 6 post.
In a post early Thursday morning, Harrison slammed the recently re-elected Sen. Sanders, claiming, “This is pure harassment…”
Bernie Sanders slams Democrats, calling election campaign 'disastrous' after Trump victory
“Biden was the most pro-labor president of my lifetime. He saved union pensions, created millions of good-wage jobs, and even marched on picket lines. Some of MVP's plans are It will fundamentally change the quality of life and close the racial wealth gap “for working people across this country,'' Harrison wrote.
“From the child tax credit to 25,000 for a down payment on a home to Medicare to cover elderly care costs at home. There are a lot of post-election responses, but this one is not a good one,” he concluded. . Harrison's post currently has more than 18,000 likes.
Harrison's post comes amid many fingers within the Democratic Party blaming Vice President Harris' decisive defeat on a potentially guilty party.
Sanders called Harris' campaign “disastrous” in the X-Post and said, “Will the big interests and highly paid consultants who control the Democratic Party learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign? ” he asked.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) speaks on stage before U.S. President Joe Biden at NHTI Concord Community College on October 22, 2024 in Concord, New Hampshire. The visit was meant to highlight the Biden-Harris administration's goal of lowering the cost of prescription drugs. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
“Will they understand the pain and political alienation that tens of millions of Americans are experiencing?” Sanders added. “Do they have any ideas about how to counter an increasingly powerful, economically and politically powerful oligarchy? Probably not. ”
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Vice President Harris has received only 226 electoral votes so far, according to the Fox News Decision Desk. She is projected to lose key battleground states Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Jamie R. Harrison speaks on stage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Democrats not only lost at the top, they lost across the board. The Fox News Decision Desk predicts Republicans will win majorities in both the House and Senate.
According to Reuters, Harrison has no plans to seek reelection as Democratic National Committee chairman. He was first elected to the post in 2021 after President Biden took office.
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Sanders, 83, has served in the Senate since 2007 and won another six-year term on Tuesday despite a number of House seats flipping red.
