Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) He said he looks forward to working with the Trump administration and hopes President-elect Donald Trump will keep his promises regarding interest rate caps.
“I’m looking forward to it. Cooperation with the Trump Administration In a post to X on Friday, Sanders followed through on his promise to limit credit card interest rates to 10%.
“We cannot continue to allow big banks to make record profits by cheating Americans by charging them 25% to 30% interest rates,” he wrote.
Several X users praised Sanders and thanked him for supporting Trump’s efforts.
“Thank you for trying to focus on the potential benefits of the next administration instead of promoting fear,” one netizen said.
Another said, “I have never agreed with Bernie Trump on my election bingo card.”
“This is a moment in our country’s history that no one should ever forget. and! Trump and Bernie are working together for the American people! Perhaps unifying this country is not impossible. Thank you Bernie!” Another user commented:
A left-wing lawmaker named to the Senate Democratic Caucus democrats He accused the party of abandoning the working class in the wake of Trump’s 2024 presidential election victory.
“It’s no surprise that the Democratic Party, which has abandoned working-class people, is realizing that the working class has also abandoned them,” Sanders said. “First it was the white working class, and now it’s the Latino and black workers,” he said. said in a previous statement.
Bernie Sanders criticizes Democrats and calls campaign a ‘disaster’ after Trump victory.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks on stage at NHTI Concord Community College in front of U.S. President Joe Biden on October 22, 2024 in Concord, New Hampshire. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
“Democratic leadership defends the status quo, while the American people are angry and want change. And they are right,” he continued.
Sanders called Harris’ campaign “disastrous.”
“Can the deep-pocketed consultants who dominate the Democratic Party learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign?” he asked.
“Will they understand the suffering and political alienation that tens of millions of Americans are experiencing?” He added: “What ideas do they have about how we can take on an oligarchy that has increasingly greater economic and political power? Probably not.”
while Republicans secure Senate majority After the 2024 election, the 83-year-old Sanders, who has served in the House of Representatives since 2007, won another six-year term.
Bernie Sanders says Harris is rolling back far-left policies ‘to win the election.’
Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) speaks to the media as he walks to the House of Representatives ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
“Incredibly, the average American worker’s real weekly wages, adjusted for inflation, are actually lower than they were 50 years ago,” Sanders previously said. “Despite today’s explosive growth in technology and labor productivity, the living standards of many young people will be worse than those of their parents.”
former speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif)They joined numerous Democratic lawmakers in attacking Sanders’ comments.
“I have a lot of respect for what (Sanders) represents. But I don’t respect him for saying that the Democratic Party has abandoned working class families. That’s where we are.” Pelosi said Saturday on the New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast.
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Pelosi’s comments come just days after Sanders posted on This is from .
Fox News Digital’s Alex Nitzberg and Taylor Penley contributed to this report.
Stepheny Price is a writer for Fox News Digital.
