Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT) shared his thoughts on the 2024 election on Wednesday, offering some harsh words for Democrats who he says have “abandoned” the working class.
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“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 in a statement. “While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.”
The remarks from Sanders, who caucuses with the Democrats, come after President-Elect Donald Trump won back the White House in a divisive fashion, not only winning every swing state’s electoral votes but also the popular vote by nearly 5 million votes.
At the same time, Democrats also lost Senate seats in West Virginia, Montana, and Ohio. The House has yet to be decided, But Republicans are closing in on the majority and have won an additional seat.
Sanders continued in his letter to cite huge growth in economic inequality in recent decades, advanced technologies like AI that could eliminate jobs, the high cost of healthcare, and US support for the war in Gaza as issues that Democrats need to have “some very serious political discussions” about.
He then went on to ask himself some questions about the Democratic party.
“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 answered.
Sanders won reelection in his state on election night and is now set to serve another six years in the Senate for the state of Vermont after beating the Republican challenger by nearly 30 points.
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