Democrat Bernie Sanders says those who voted for Trump are angry and rightfully so

He is a great icon of the left wing of the Democratic Party. He nevertheless supported Kamala Harris with total discipline. But after the defeat, Bernie Sanders launched a devastating analysis.

As reported by Politico, in a statement on November 6 Sanders said: "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. First, it was the white working class, and now it is Latino and Black workers as well. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.”

If we stick to the literal meaning of Bernie's message, we could deduce that he believes that those who voted for Trump are completely right.

In the longer text accompanying a post on X, Bernie Sanders explains why he believes the Democratic Party has disconnected from the working class in the face of a Trumpism that appeals to those voters. He points to inequality and rising prices as key factors.

Bernie Sanders points out how for ordinary people inflation, rising prices, is a basic part of their daily lives. For those who live without much money, every dollar that goes up in their shopping basket is a step down in their economic status.

Sanders is referring in particular to "many young people who will live worse than their parents." According to the first voting analyses, young men decided to vote for Trump in greater numbers than before.

Bernie Sanders alludes to the "pain and political alienation that millions of Americans are experiencing" and wonders if the Democratic Party will do anything about it.

In short, Bernie Sanders is changing the course of leftist analysis and is not demonizing those who voted for Trump but rather trying to understand their reasons.

Sanders believes that part of the vote for Trump is a response to a system that they believe has abandoned them and that they want to radically change.

Although Sanders himself does not make it explicit here, he certainly also thinks that it is not precisely Trump who will benefit the poor in America with his policies. In addition, those who voted for him seem to have forgotten that Trump is PART of the system.

Sanders concludes with a series of questions about whether the Democratic Party will change its positions with a "probably not."

Sanders' reaction is part of the shock that American progressivism is experiencing after an unmitigated defeat against Trump's radical right-wing ideology.

Sanders' text also takes a position in the internal battle for the succession of Kamala Harris. Once again, those who want a more centrist Democratic Party will fight against the left wing that advocates for extreme messaging.

What is clear is that, since the results of the presidential elections in the United States became known, Bernie Sanders and the millions of progressives in his country have become the resistance to a mandate that could put American democracy to the test (once again).

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