佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯发表了一份措辞严厉的声明，称民主党在副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯之后的竞选是“灾难性的”输掉了总统选举致前总统唐纳德·特朗普。
与民主党人进行党团会议的《独立报》表示，“抛弃了工人阶级的民主党会发现工人阶级也抛弃了他们，这一点也不奇怪。”
“首先是白人工人阶级，现在也是拉美裔和黑人工人，”桑德斯在声明中继续说道。“当民主党领导人维护现状时，美国人民愤怒了，他们想要改变。他们是对的。”
这位长期的进步冠军在2016年和2020年竞选总统，反思了美国人继续经历经济不稳定的方式，从收入和财富不平等到缺乏有保障的带薪家庭和医疗休假。
桑德斯还批评继续向以色列提供军事援助。
桑德斯说:“今天，尽管大多数美国人强烈反对，我们继续花费数十亿美元资助极端主义的内塔尼亚胡政府对巴勒斯坦人民的全面战争，这导致了大规模营养不良和成千上万儿童挨饿的可怕人道主义灾难。”
桑德斯周二赢得了美国参议院第四个六年任期的连任，他对该党吸取教训的能力表示怀疑。
“控制民主党的大财团和高薪顾问们会从这场灾难性的竞选中吸取任何真正的教训吗?他们会理解数千万美国人正在经历的痛苦和政治疏远吗?他们对我们如何应对拥有巨大经济和政治权力的日益强大的寡头政治有什么想法吗?可能不会，”桑德斯说。
桑德斯说，现在应该就“我们这些关心基层民主和经济正义的人”的前进道路进行“非常严肃的政治讨论”，然后以“敬请关注”结束他的声明。
哈里斯周三在她的母校华盛顿特区霍华德大学发表演讲承认竞选失败
她说:“虽然我承认这次选举，但我不承认推动这场竞选的斗争。”“为所有人的自由、机会、公平和尊严而战——为我们国家的核心理想而战——这些理想反映了美国的最佳状态。”
哈里斯的败选演讲是在特朗普被预计会赢佐治亚、密歇根、北卡罗来纳、宾夕法尼亚和威斯康星这些摇摆州。
Bernie Sanders blasts Democratic Party following Kamala Harris loss
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a scathing statement on what he called the Democratic Party's "disastrous" campaign after Vice President Kamala Harrislost the presidential electionto former President Donald Trump.
The independent, who caucuses with Democrats, said it "should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them."
"First, it was the white working class, and now it is Latino and Black workers as well," Sanders continued in his statement. "While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they're right."
The longtime progressive champion, who ran for president in 2016 and 2020, reflected on the ways Americans continue to experience economic instability, from income and wealth inequality to a lack of guaranteed paid family and medical leave.
Sanders also criticized continued spending on military aid to Israel.
"Today, despite strong opposition from a majority of Americans, we continue to spend billions funding the extremist Netanyahu government's all out war against the Palestinian people which has led to the horrific humanitarian disaster of mass malnutrition and the starvation of thousands of children," Sanders said.
Sanders, who won reelection Tuesday to a fourth six-year term in the U.S. Senate, cast doubt about the party's ability to learn its lesson.
"Will the big money interests and well-paid consultants who control the Democratic Party learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign? Will they understand the pain and political alienation that tens of millions of Americans are experiencing? Do they have any ideas as to how we can take on the increasingly powerful Oligarchy which has so much economic and political power? Probably not," Sanders said.
Sanders said "very serious political discussions" are now merited about the path forward for "those of us concerned about grassroots democracy and economic justice," before ending his statement with, "Stay tuned."
Harris conceded the election in a speech on Wednesday at her alma mater, Howard University, in Washington, D.C.
"While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign," she said. "The fight for freedom, for opportunity, for fairness and the dignity of all people -- a fight for the ideals at the heart of our nation -- the ideals that reflect America at our best."
Harris' concession speech came after Trump wasprojected to winthe swing states of Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
