Sanders warns Biden: address working-class fears or risk losing to demagogue
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Sanders warns Biden: address working-class anxieties or risk losing election to demagogue

In an interview with the Guardian from his home base in Burlington, Vermont, Sanders urged the Democratic president to inject more urgency into his bid for re-election. He said that unless the president was more direct in recognising the many crises faced by working-class families his Republican rival would win.

“We’ve got to see the White House move more aggressively on healthcare, on housing, on tax reform, on the high cost of prescription drugs,” Sanders said. “If we can get the president to move in that direction, he will win; if not, he’s going to lose.”

The US senator from Vermont added that he was in contact with the White House pressing that point. “We hope to make clear to the president and his team that they are not going to win this election unless they come up with a progressive agenda that speaks to the needs of the working class of this country.”

Sanders’ warning comes at a critical time in American politics. On Monday, Republicans in Iowa will gather for caucuses that mark the official start of the 2024 presidential election.

Biden faces no serious challenger in the Democratic primaries. But concern is mounting over how he would fare against Trump given a likely rematch between them in November.

    • bufalo1973English
      3•6 months ago

      Let’s say Biden wins. What will you, US citizens, do when the next Trump comes? Keep voting the lesser evil?

    • HACKthePRISONS
      3•6 months ago

      >Either Biden wins or we don’t have elections anymore

      do you have some proof of this?

        • HACKthePRISONS
          2•6 months ago

          p2025 doesn’t say they plan on not having elections any more, and neither did trump

            • HACKthePRISONS
              1•6 months ago

              just so that no one is misled here, i want to make sure that you all know i think there are lots of valid criticisms of the people who wrote p2025, the plan itself, and american presidents of all stripes.

              but none of them are planning to end elections.

              this kind of hyperbole is actually dishonest, and people who are told this and find out it’s not true are less likely to support the people who lied to them.