In an interview, Sanders said he is lobbying for Ellison and argued that the DNC needs to be reoriented so that it becomes less of an insider’s club “preoccupied” with raising money and more of an advocate for the concerns of the working class.
[Democrats face a power outage in Washington — and an identity crisis]
“You can’t tell working people you’re on their side while at the same time you’re raising money from Wall Street and the billionaire class,” Sanders said. “The Democratic Party has to be focused on grass-roots America and not wealthy people attending cocktail parties.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...haul-needed-to-woo-back-working-class-voters/
[Democrats face a power outage in Washington — and an identity crisis]
“You can’t tell working people you’re on their side while at the same time you’re raising money from Wall Street and the billionaire class,” Sanders said. “The Democratic Party has to be focused on grass-roots America and not wealthy people attending cocktail parties.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...haul-needed-to-woo-back-working-class-voters/