Former Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore into Sen. Bernie Sanders who had derided the Democratic Occasion and its alleged points with the working class that finally didn’t assist Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the White Home.
In a scathing letter to his former occasion a day after the election, Sanders blasted the Dems for “abandoning” the working class and seemingly performing shocked they didn’t present up on the polling cubicles.
“It ought to come as no nice shock {that a} Democratic Occasion which has deserted working class individuals would discover that the working class has deserted them,” the Democratic socialist stated in a fiery assertion on X.
“First, it was the white working class, and now it’s Latino and Black staff as properly. Whereas the Democratic management defends the established order, the American persons are indignant and wish change. And so they’re proper,” the Democratic Socialist stated.
Pelosi didn’t take kindly to the Vermont impartial senator’s remarks, rebutting Sander’s declare and doubling down that the Democratic Occasion didn’t abandon the working class.
“I’ve a substantial amount of respect for him, for what he stands for, however I don’t respect him saying that the Democratic Occasion has deserted the working-class households. That’s the place we’re,” the 84-year-old California Rep. informed the New York Occasions podcast “The Interview.”
Pelosi was pressured to disclose what went unsuitable in Harris’ marketing campaign, however couldn’t admit it was the vice chairman’s fault for dropping the presidential election to Donald Trump.
“Nicely, I simply fully disagree. And, actually, Kamala Harris ran forward of Bernie Sanders in Vermont,” the 84-year-old California Rep. informed the podcast.
“It tells you that the very fact is, what we do, what our goal is within the Democratic Occasion, is for America’s working households,” she added.
“For instance, underneath President Biden, you see the rescue bundle, cash within the pockets of individuals, photographs within the arm, kids at school safely, working individuals again to work.”
Pelosi took goal at President-elect Trump, because the octogenarian seemingly forgot his identify for a second.
“What did, what’s his identify? What did Trump do when he was president? One invoice that gave a tax minimize to the richest individuals in America,” she stated.
Pelosi, who was seen because the mastermind in getting Joe Biden to drop his reelection marketing campaign, stated cultural points had been the explanation Trump was backed by the decrease lessons.
“Nicely, there are cultural points concerned in elections as properly. Weapons, God and gays — that’s the way in which they are saying it,” she added.
Throughout her dialog with Luu Garcia-Navarro, launched Friday, Pelosi admitted it was a mistake to permit Biden to remain within the race for so long as he did earlier than finally dropping out in July and handing the reigns over to Harris.
“Had the president gotten out sooner, there might have been different candidates within the race,” Pelosi stated. “The anticipation was that, if the president had been to step apart, that there could be an open main.”
Later within the podcast, Pelosi known as Harris’ loss “heartbreaking.”
“The American individuals deserve one of the best we can provide them. The election was disappointing, heartbreaking in some methods due to not seeing what was actually at stake. However we don’t blame them for that,” the longtime Congresswoman stated.
Pelosi stated she is prepared to work with Trump and the Republicans, who need to preserve their majority within the Home, after regaining management of the Senate final week.
“We at all times attempt to work with Republicans. That’s a accountability that we have now,” she stated.
When requested about her disdain in direction of Trump, Pelosi revealed she is holding out hope he’s profitable in his second time period within the Oval Workplace.
“I’m not an admirer of his lack of patriotism and the remainder, however I’m not right here to enter that. He’s the president. All of us need the president to succeed,” she added.
