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Bernie Sanders goes scorched earth on Democrats in blistering statement after Trump’s victory

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. issued a statement highly critical of the Democratic Party after Vice President Kamala Harris lost to President-elect Donald Trump.

Senator Bernie Sanders issued a harsh statement criticizing the Democratic Party after another loss to President-elect Donald Trump.

“It should come as no surprise that a Democratic Party that has abandoned the working class finds that the working class has abandoned them,” the 83-year-old Vermont senator wrote on social media.

Sanders, who identifies as a democratic socialist, shared his statement just before Vice President Kamala Harris’ concession speech.

Sanders said it was the white working class that first turned against the Democrats, but now black and Latino workers had joined them.

“While Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change,” he wrote. “And they are right.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. issued a statement highly critical of the Democratic Party after Vice President Kamala Harris lost to President-elect Donald Trump.

Sanders also referred specifically to the struggle of young people, faced with a work environment threatened by the rise of artificial intelligence and robotics.

“Today, despite the explosion of technology and worker productivity, many young people will have a worse standard of living than their parents,” he wrote.

The former presidential candidate also condemned the billions of dollars sent by the Biden-Harris administration to the Israeli government to finance the war in Gaza, causing a “humanitarian disaster.”

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on stage as she concedes the election, at Howard University.

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on stage as she concedes the election, at Howard University.

Sanders also condemned the “big money interests” and “high-paid consultants” he said controlled the Democratic Party, saying they had refused to learn the lessons of past campaigns.

“Do you have any idea how we can confront the increasingly powerful oligarchy that has so much economic and political power?” He asked. “Probably not.”

He promised to engage in “some very serious political discussions” and concluded by urging his followers to “stay tuned.”

The statement immediately sparked speculation that Sanders was considering running for president again, however, he would turn 87 in 2028.

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