Democrats ‘Abandoned’ Working Class Voters, Bernie Sanders Says in New Book

Surprisingly, the parts in which the senator accurately diagnoses what he calls a ‘crisis’ facing the Democratic Party may be the most newsworthy sections of ‘It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.’

AP/Jacquelyn Martin, file
Senator Sanders on Capitol Hill, March 29, 2023. AP/Jacquelyn Martin, file

The Democratic Party has “largely turned its back on the working class” and is “hemorrhaging working-class support,” Senator Sanders warns in a new book.

I picked up a copy of “It’s Ok to Be Angry About Capitalism,” with a picture of Mr. Sanders on the cover, and was raring to rebut it. Indeed, there turns out to be plenty in there with which to disagree.

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