Bernie Sanders: Democrats need to wake up after Brexit

[portlander23]

Bernie Sanders: Democrats need to wake up after Brexit
REBECCA SHABAD
CBS News

Bernie Sanders is warning Democrats to get serious about income inequality because the same beliefs that led to the outcome of the Brexit vote last week could benefit Republicans in November.

"The notion that Donald Trump could benefit from the same forces that gave the Leave proponents a majority in Britain should sound an alarm for the Democratic Party in the United States," the Vermont senator wrote in an op-ed published by The New York Times.

"Millions of American voters, like the Leave supporters, are understandably angry and frustrated by the economic forces that are destroying the middle class," added Sanders.

Democrats need to make it clear, Sanders said, that "we stand with those who are struggling and who have been left behind." He said throughout his presidential campaign, he encountered voters in 46 states who are struggling as a result of a globalized economy that favors the wealthy.

"Could this rejection of the current form of the global economy happen in the United States? You bet it could," he said.

[Squinch]

1. Oh, FFS.

[tallahasseedem]

7. This has been my exact reaction..

for almost a week now.

[KMOD]

2. It's time for Bernie Sanders to move past just being angry

and move forward with getting things done.

[MaggieD]

6. Don't hold your breath waiting for that

[giftedgirl77]

3. So he added another paragraph to his already played out speech?

BFD the man is a one hit wonder.

[bravenak]

4. Oh who cares at this point anywayz?

[MaggieD]

5. Seriously?

Xenophobia is what led to Brexit. Maybe Bernie should vote for Trump.

[geek tragedy]

8. Stump Speech + Brexit =news? nt

[Lucinda]

9. I've been awake a looooong time Bernie.

Perhaps if he knew more about the Democratic party, he'd know that a huge number of us are very much awake.

[TheKentuckian]

11. Yet the willful sleepers dominate

[arcane1]

10. "We stand with those who are struggling and who have been left behind."

Count me in!

[midnight]

12. Millions of American voters are angry because of the economic forces and Bernie lets it be known

he stands with those struggling and left behind. Thanks Bernie….

[Jitter65]

18. American are angry about trade but angry about automation and technology.

That's what is wrong with American workers. More jobs have been lost to automation than to trade. And if we close out trade we will lose even more jobs. We just can't sell enough stuff to our own country.

[Surya Gayatri]

13. Said what? Oh, that...

[cosmicone]

14. Is Vermont seceding from the union?

[MohRokTah]

15. .

[JaneyVee]

16. Bernie is pro-Brexit? Jeez.

[bigwillq]

17. K and R (nt)

[Vattel]

19. Thank you Bernie

[HumanityExperiment]

20. recent polls....

Bernie is correct yet again

recent poll: http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/29/politics/quinnipiac-poll-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/index.html

538 gives them an A- http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/

I've mentioned numerous times that historic unfavorables on both candidates are a cause for concern

you can't dismiss the facts

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-distaste-for-both-trump-and-clinton-is-record-breaking/

Brexit vote is a prime example of this situation, a lot of HRC supporters on this site are very dismissive of the polls showing how close the two candidates are... would be a very bad choice to continue to be so dismissive of the facts