Sanders Says Harris Campaign Prioritized Billionaires Over Working People

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) accused Democrats of turning their backs on the working class whereas not too long ago breaking down why Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential marketing campaign failed.

Throughout a cease in Wheeling, West Virginia, of his “Preventing Oligarchy” tour, the nation’s most distinguished progressive advised a packed auditorium Saturday that Harris had “too many billionaires telling her to not rise up for the working class of this nation.”

“I like Kamala, she’s a pal of mine,” he advised host Dana Bash. “However her core consultants, you realize, had been very influenced by rich folks.”

“How do you run for president and never develop a robust agenda which speaks to the financial crises dealing with working households?” the Vermont senator mentioned.

Detailing the struggles that day by day Individuals face, Sanders mentioned, “We’ve got extra revenue and wealth inequality right this moment than we’ve ever had. We’ve obtained 60% of our folks residing paycheck to paycheck.”

“You’ve obtained a well being care system which is damaged and dysfunctional, and regardless of spending a lot, we’re the one main nation to not assure well being care to all folks,” he went on. “How do you not speak about these points?”

Whereas Bash reminded Sanders that “affordability” was a part of Harris’ platform, he dismissed her concepts as too “imprecise” for common voters to see as actual options to actual issues.

His technique for profitable again the working class? Unwavering assist for struggling Individuals.

“Is it a radical concept that we be a part of each different main nation on Earth and assure well being care to all folks? Is {that a} radical thought?” he requested. “You inform me how many individuals are speaking about that.”

Additionally advocating for livable wages and simpler entry to larger training, he mentioned, “These concepts exist all around the world. They don’t exist in America. They usually don’t exist due to the ability of the oligarchs economically and politically.”

“For my part, the present political system in the US of America is damaged and corrupt,” he went on.

Sanders’ message wasn’t and not using a glimmer of hope, nevertheless.

“If we stand collectively, if we’re united, if we don’t let Trump divide us up, there’s no stopping what we will do as a nation by way of bettering life for unusual folks,” he advised Bash.