The post-election fallout from Donald Trump’s victory intensifies as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Bernie Sanders debate whether Democrats have done enough for working-class Americans. are.
What the exit poll revealed For the first time in decades, Democrats received more support from the top third than from the middle and bottom thirds.
This trend continues a trend that began when Barack Obama was elected president in 2008. Since then, Democratic support among the poorest has plummeted, while support among the richest has soared.
On Wednesday, Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, lamented the election results and delivered a scathing rebuke of Democrats.
“It should come as no surprise that the Democratic Party, which has abandoned working-class people, now realizes that the working class has abandoned them,” he said in a statement. “While Democratic leaders defend the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they are right.”
after that, Interview with new york times In the report, released Saturday, Pelosi denied that the party had abandoned the working class and noted that Democratic House candidates maintain control of the House with a strong lead.
“We are the kitchen table and the party of America’s working class,” she said.
Pelosi also fired back at Sanders, saying that she “didn’t win,” and said that while she respects Sanders, “I don’t respect what he said about the Democratic Party abandoning working-class families.”
He said the main domestic policy accomplishments were under President Joe Biden, led by Pelosi in the House, where Democrats supported workers, but in his first term, Mr. Trump delivered tax cuts that mainly helped the wealthy. He pointed out that it had been passed.
On Sunday morning’s talk show, Sanders doubled down on his criticism of Democrats. Monaka NBC interview meet the pressHe blamed rising income inequality, the lack of universal health care, high rates of child poverty, seniors surviving on low incomes, and elections that allow billionaires to “buy elections.” He said working people have a right to be angry given the funding system.
Asked about Pelosi’s rebuttal, Sanders said Senate Democrats are prioritizing bills that would raise the minimum wage, make it easier to join a union and expand the range of taxable income that can be used to pay Social Security benefits. I pointed out that it was not.
“If you’re an average working person out there, do you really think the Democratic Party will take on powerful special interests and fight for you?” he asked. “I think the resounding answer is no. That has to change.”
Trump, meanwhile, acknowledged the suffering of workers and offered a “pretty crazy” explanation for scapegoating immigrants, Sanders added.
“Democrats have an explanation to offer, and that explanation is corporate greed and the power of the billionaire class.”
President Trump saw increased support from low-income Americans as well as Hispanic, black and female voters, traditionally key constituencies of the Democratic Party.
Pollster Frank Luntz said paycheck-to-paycheck voters handed the White House to Trump, identifying groups across race, gender and class.
“If you’re a voter who lives paycheck to paycheck every week or month, you’re more likely than ever to consider voting for Donald Trump and actually vote for him than at any time since President Ronald Reagan in 1984. It’s going to be expensive,” Lantz said. news nation After the election.
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