Bernie Sanders Warns Democrats: GOP Headed to Victory
I'm feelin' the Bern!!!
I'm feelin' the Bern!!!
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told Politico that Republicans "stand an excellent chance of gaining control of the House and quite possibly the Senate."
Sanders warned Democrats that they’ll need more than criticizing the GOP's stances on abortion and guns to avoid a red wave in November’s midterms.
"[Democrats who] think that they’re gonna march to victory based on those issues, I think that that is not correct," Sanders told Politico.
"You really can’t win an election with a bumper sticker that says: Well, we can't do much, but the other side is worse."
Sanders suggested that Democrats take a page out of former House Speaker New Gingrich’s playbook and develop a progressive version of the "Contract with America."
"Say to the American people: Look, we don’t have the votes to do it right now. We have two corporate Democrats who are not going to be with us," Sanders, referring to moderate Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., told Politico.
"The leadership has got to go out and say, We don’t have the votes to pass anything significant right now. Sorry. You got 48 votes. And we need more to pass it. That should be the message of this campaign."
Sanders warned Democrats that they’ll need more than criticizing the GOP's stances on abortion and guns to avoid a red wave in November’s midterms.
"[Democrats who] think that they’re gonna march to victory based on those issues, I think that that is not correct," Sanders told Politico.
"You really can’t win an election with a bumper sticker that says: Well, we can't do much, but the other side is worse."
Sanders suggested that Democrats take a page out of former House Speaker New Gingrich’s playbook and develop a progressive version of the "Contract with America."
"Say to the American people: Look, we don’t have the votes to do it right now. We have two corporate Democrats who are not going to be with us," Sanders, referring to moderate Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., told Politico.
"The leadership has got to go out and say, We don’t have the votes to pass anything significant right now. Sorry. You got 48 votes. And we need more to pass it. That should be the message of this campaign."
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