Bernie Sanders fiercely rejects 1 notion on the Democrats of the Trump era:
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT.) Says that the Democrats “need an agenda” that does not only be hitting President Donald Trump, and is flatly rejecting the idea proposed by the leader of the Senate minority Chuck Schumer (Dn.y.) that the party is “united” significantly.
Sanders appeared on Wednesday in “The Source With Kaitlan Collins” of CNN and, after a Schumer clip was shown alleging a day before the Democrats are “totally united” while the Republican party is “fighting each other”, the Vermont senator seemed really surprised.
“You need an agenda!” Sanders responded. “‘Unido’ about what? Are we united to the guarantee of medical care for all people? I am proud, by the way, that the Democrats supported an amendment that I offered to increase the minimum wage to 17 dollars per hour.”
The progressive icon recognized “that is a beginning”, but far from being enough to win elections.
“Are we united in addressing a corrupt campaign financing system?” Sanders continued, adding: “How is it about politics in the United States without understanding that billionaires play a greatly destructive role in both political parties?”
Sanders, who hunted the Democrats in Congress, campaigned on these same issues while running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, in which he lost in the primaries before former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, after a bias admitted to the National Democratic Committee. In 2020, he left the Democratic presidential contest to support Joe Biden.
However, Sanders has never stopped asking for universal medical attention and economic equality, and has been attracting massive crowds throughout the country with its continuous tour of “combat oligarchy” together with the representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Dn.y.).
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While their message is clear and consistent, the Democrats could actually galvanize voters with policies that improve their lives tangibly, the strategist James Carville of a lifetime recently argued that the Democrats would be “better” without defining the party.
Sanders addressed criticism on Wednesday and dismissed Carville as “part of the old democratic establishment.” Sanders agreed that the goal is to win elections against the Republican party, but said it cannot be done if the message does not resonate with voters.
He told Collins: “What Democrats should do at this time is to have the courage to assume the powerful special interests that, to a large extent, control the political process and the legislative process in the United States.”