White House and DNC balk at Sanders criticism – Washington Examiner
The search results focus on remarks made by Senator Bernie Sanders regarding Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party’s approach to working-class issues. Sanders emphasizes that for Harris to successfully campaign and win against Republican nominee Donald Trump, she must align her agenda closely with the needs of the working class. In a recent CBS News appearance, he expressed confidence that Harris could prevail if her campaign resonates with these concerns.
Additionally, Sanders has critiqued the Democratic Party for allegedly ”abandoning” working-class Americans, suggesting that this disconnection has led to a decrease in support for the party among these voters. He noted that while the party’s leadership might defend the status quo, many in the working class are dissatisfied and seek significant changes regarding their economic conditions. In contrast, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended President Biden, highlighting his pro-union stance and measures aimed at creating jobs for workers without college degrees, arguing that the administration has been responsive to the working class.
there is a tension between Sanders’ advocacy for a more aggressive working-class platform within the Democratic Party and the administration’s defense of its current approach.
White House and DNC balk at Sanders for saying Democrats have ‘abandoned working class’
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre disagreed with Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) claim that the Democratic Party has abandoned working-class people in the United States.
“The president has been called the most pro-union president when it comes to [the] working class, right?” Jean-Pierre said. “Pro-union. If you think about unions, we’re talking about the working class, right? And he’s done everything that he could to make sure that we created jobs where you don’t need a college degree, right? Think about the bipartisan infrastructure act.”
Sanders, who often votes with Democrats, released a statement Wednesday on X in response to Vice President Kamala Harris losing the presidential election. He said many people have a lower standard of living than their parents.
“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. “While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change.”
Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison defended President Joe Biden and the rest of the Democratic Party against Sanders’s accusations.
Harrison, elected to the position in 2021, called Sanders’s statement “BS” on X.
“This is straight up BS … Biden was the most-pro worker President of my life time- saved Union pensions, created millions of good paying jobs and even marched in a picket line and some of MVP’s plans would have fundamentally transformed the quality of life and closed the racial wealth gap for working people across this country,” Harrison said.
While Biden was known as a pro-union president, the rise in inflation under his leadership frustrated many citizens, with people seeing higher gas and grocery prices than under President-elect Donald Trump’s stewardship.
Biden was also seen by Sanders and other progressive Democrats as being too centrist to enact necessary change.
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