Bernie Sanders blasts Democratic Party following Kamala Harris loss

The Vermont independent called nan Democratic Party's run "disastrous."

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a scathing connection connected what he called nan Democratic Party's "disastrous" run aft Vice President Kamala Harris lost nan statesmanlike election to erstwhile President Donald Trump.

The independent, who caucuses pinch Democrats, said it "should travel arsenic nary awesome astonishment that a Democratic Party which has abandoned moving people group would find that nan moving people has abandoned them."

"First, it was nan achromatic moving class, and now it is Latino and Black workers arsenic well," Sanders continued successful his statement. "While nan Democratic activity defends nan position quo, nan American group are angry and want change. And they're right."

The longtime progressive champion, who ran for president successful 2016 and 2020, reflected connected nan ways Americans proceed to acquisition economical instability, from income and wealthiness inequality to a deficiency of guaranteed paid family and aesculapian leave.

In this March 7, 2024, record photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders talks to nan media arsenic he walks to nan House enclosure earlier President Joe Biden's State of nan Union reside astatine nan U.S. Capitol, successful Washington, D.C.

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Sanders besides criticized continued spending connected subject assistance to Israel.

"Today, contempt beardown guidance from a mostly of Americans, we proceed to walk billions backing nan extremist Netanyahu government's each retired warfare against nan Palestinian group which has led to nan horrific humanitarian disaster of wide malnutrition and nan starvation of thousands of children," Sanders said.

Sanders, who won reelection Tuesday to a 4th six-year word successful nan U.S. Senate, formed uncertainty astir nan party's expertise to study its lesson.

"Will nan large money interests and well-paid consultants who power nan Democratic Party study immoderate existent lessons from this disastrous campaign? Will they understand nan symptom and governmental alienation that tens of millions of Americans are experiencing? Do they person immoderate ideas arsenic to really we tin return connected nan progressively powerful Oligarchy which has truthful overmuch economical and governmental power? Probably not," Sanders said.

Sanders said "very superior governmental discussions" are now merited astir nan way guardant for "those of america concerned astir grassroots populist and economical justice," earlier ending his connection with, "Stay tuned."

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks astatine Howard University successful Washington, Nov. 6, 2024.

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Harris conceded nan predetermination successful a reside connected Wednesday astatine her alma mater, Howard University, successful Washington, D.C.

"While I concede this election, I do not concede nan conflict that fueled this campaign," she said. "The conflict for freedom, for opportunity, for fairness and nan dignity of each group -- a conflict for nan ideals astatine nan bosom of our federation -- nan ideals that bespeak America astatine our best."

Harris' concession reside came aft Trump was projected to win nan plaything states of Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.