Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) railed against political consultants while talking about how detached some Democrats are from their constituents and how others have found a way to connect to voters.
During a Monday appearance on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” the progressive torchbearer said, “It is my view that the leadership of the Democratic Party, in many respects, is way out of touch with where Democrats in general are, where many independents are, where the grassroots of America are.”
He continued, “The division that we’re seeing in the Democratic Party right now are those who get a whole lot of money from wealthy campaign contributors, they hire consultants, and I gotta tell you, that consultant class is so far removed from reality it is really quite pathetic. That’s one wing of the Democratic Party.”
Comparing the old guards’ approach to the success of rising stars like New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Sanders said, “And then there’s the other wing, and that is what Mamdani did in New York. He ran a campaign which said, ‘You know what? We’re gonna take on the oligarchs. We’re gonna create a city that is affordable.’ And he put together an extraordinary grassroots movement. Some 90,000 volunteers.”
