Bern, Baby, Bern: Sanders Says He’s ‘Humiliated’ for Democrats

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Bernie Sanders, the progressive firebrand who challenged Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination this year, on Monday morning expressed his disappointment that the Democratic party was unable to successfully woo enough white working-class voters in the 2016 presidential election. “I come from the white working class, and I am deeply humiliated that the Democratic party cannot talk to the people where I came from,” Sanders tweeted.

Sanders offered this advice on Sunday: “Pound away” on issues on which most Americans agree with the Democratic Party’s positions.

Sanders, the runner-up for the Democratic presidential nomination, said during an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the contest between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton was largely devoid of issues that matter to voters. Trump was elected president on Tuesday.

“I am tired of watching television where you have a campaign which is about Mr. Trump’s attitude toward women versus Hillary Clinton’s emails,” Sanders said. “You know what? Those are not the major issues facing America. The middle class of this country for 40 years has been in decline.”

Sanders said the way for Democrats to win back working-class voters lost to Trump is to focus relentlessly on issues on which polls show a majority of voters on the side of Democrats.

“On virtually every major issue – raising the minimum wage, climate change, pay equity for women, rebuilding our infrastructure, making public colleges and universities tuition-free – we are the majority,” he said. “That is what the American people want. And the Democrats will win elections by pounding away on those issues.”

“By the way, let’s not forget Hillary Clinton did win more voters than Mr. Trump,” Sanders added, referring to her share of the popular vote. “So pound away on the issues that bring people together, fight vigorously against all forms of bigotry.”

Sanders’s appearance coincided with the release of his book, “Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In.” The first half of the book recounts his upstart campaign, while the second half details his policy prescriptions for the country.

(c) 2016, The Washington Post · John Wagner 

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4 COMMENTS

  1. Sanders would of been a lot better than Clinton or Trump. He’s the only one that is not from the elite club. He is not wealthy like the others. He can truly understand the struggles of the middle class. It’s too bad that the corrupt DNC sabotaged his campaign.

  2. Such as immorality raising taxes on the “rich” allowing a bunch of muslims into the country giving a bunch of illegals all the services for free that we can’t afford for ourselves just convince enough people that u r their friend even though u r destroying this country

  3. “I am tired of watching television where you have a campaign which is about Mr. Trump’s attitude toward women versus Hillary Clinton’s emails,” Sanders said. “You know what? Those are not the major issues facing America. The middle class of this country for 40 years has been in decline.”

    This summarizes most of it.

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