By the halfway mark of the 80-minute conversation, Sanders started unleashing truth bombs.
He said the Democratic establishment sold out decades ago, trading working-class voters for wealthy donors and out-of-touch consultants. According to Sanders, that’s when everything started to fall apart.
“The 70s, 60s, Democrats caught on that you could raise a lot of money from wealthy people,” Sanders explained.
“And it gets back to campaign financing and all that stuff. So you got a Democratic establishment now, which is funded by wealthy people. You have consultants who are really way out of touch with reality, who make a whole lot of money in campaigns. And working class is ignored,” Sanders said.
He added that Donald Trump succeeded where Democrats fell short because at least he pretended to care about the working class.
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