{"id":2472984,"date":"2025-08-10T11:24:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T15:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-lost-because-she-listened-to-too-many-billionaires-sanders\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T11:25:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T15:25:02","slug":"harris-lost-because-she-listened-to-too-many-billionaires-sanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-lost-because-she-listened-to-too-many-billionaires-sanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris lost because she listened to &#8216;too many billionaires&#8217;: Sanders"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-lost-because-she-listened-to-too-many-billionaires-sanders%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2472984&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Bernie Sanders stated that former Vice president Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election because she was influenced by too many billionaires who advised her against advocating strongly for the working class. Speaking at a rally in West Virginia during his &#8220;Fighting Oligarchy&#8221; tour, Sanders criticized Harris for focusing on wealthy donors rather than addressing the economic struggles of everyday Americans. He emphasized that with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-bidenomics-brief\/\" title=\"Bidenomics in a nutshell\">rising income inequality<\/a> and a broken healthcare system, political campaigns need clear agendas supporting working families. Although he considers Harris a friend, sanders highlighted that her campaign had the backing of over 80 billionaires, more than even President donald Trump received. To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgias-republican-lt-governor-describes-how-to-restore-faith-in-elections-and-what-the-gop-must-do-to-win-in-the-future\/\" title=\"Georgia\u2019s Republican Lt Governor Describes How To Restore Faith In Elections And What The GOP Must Do To Win In The Future\">win future elections<\/a>, Sanders argued, the Democratic Party must firmly align with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >working-class interests<\/a> and promote policies addressing their needs.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sanders says Harris lost to Trump because she had &lsquo;too many billionaires&rsquo; in her ear<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2195227\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bernie Sanders\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) said former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> lost the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bernie Sanders\">2024 election<\/a> because &ldquo;she had too many billionaires telling her not to speak up for the working class.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders first made the case on Friday in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he spoke at a rally as part of his monthslong &ldquo;Fighting Oligarchy&rdquo; tour. He later reiterated the point.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3495673\/schiff-legal-counsel-blasts-ed-martin-mortgage-fraud-investigation\/\">Schiff&#8217;s legal counsel blasts &#8216;compromised&#8217; Ed Martin over mortgage fraud investigation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3495365\/trump-spending-freezes-quiet-pushback-senate-republicans\/\">Trump spending freezes spur quiet pushback from Senate Republicans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3495001\/moreno-brown-senate-run-ohio\/\">Bernie Moreno dings Sherrod Brown for eyeing Ohio Senate comeback<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;How do you run for president and not develop a strong agenda which speaks to the economic crisis facing working families?&rdquo; he told CNN host Dana Bash on <em>State of the Union<\/em> on Sunday morning. &ldquo;You have more income and wealth inequality today than we&rsquo;ve ever had.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;How do you run for president and not develop a strong agenda which speaks to the economic crisis facing working families?&rdquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenSanders<\/a> says that one reason Kamala Harris lost in 2024 was because &ldquo;she had too many billionaires telling her not to speak up for the working class.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QRnwxO8znQ\">pic.twitter.com\/QRnwxO8znQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNSOTU\/status\/1954533959892631883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>While he thinks of Harris as a friend, Sanders criticized her for mostly listening to &ldquo;very wealthy people&rdquo; during her unsuccessful campaign against President Donald Trump. Harris received support from some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dereksaul\/2024\/10\/30\/kamala-harris-has-more-billionaires-prominently-backing-her-than-trump-bezos-and-griffin-weigh-in-updated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"80 billionaires\">80 billionaires<\/a>, including Mark Cuban, considerably more than Trump got.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You have 60% of our people living paycheck to paycheck. You got a healthcare system which is broken and dysfunctional,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And despite spending so much, we&rsquo;re the only major country not to guarantee healthcare to all people. How do you not talk about those issues?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When Bash noted Harris talked about affordability issues, Sanders said she talked about it in a &ldquo;vague&rdquo; way before quickly adding, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to rehash the campaign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders argued that in order to win future elections, the Democratic Party must &ldquo;stand unequivocally with the working class of this country&rdquo; and pursue an &ldquo;agenda that speaks to the needs of working people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3485925\/bernie-sanders-netanyahu-disgusting-liar-for-denying-starvation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"BERNIE SANDERS CALLS NETANYAHU 'A DISGUSTING LIAR' FOR DENYING STARVATION\">BERNIE SANDERS CALLS NETANYAHU &lsquo;A DISGUSTING LIAR&rsquo; FOR DENYING STARVATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 83-year-old socialist has been touring the nation, warning about the oligarchic class influencing American politics. He has held <a href=\"https:\/\/bsanders-astro.pages.dev\/oligarchy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"numerous speaking engagements\">numerous speaking engagements<\/a> since the tour&rsquo;s launch in February, with Democratic figures such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and former Rep. Beto O&rsquo;Rourke (D-TX) joining him on stage.<\/p>\n<p>After speaking in the predominantly Republican state of West Virginia the past two days, Sanders will head to North Carolina on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2195227\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2195227\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanders says Harris lost to Trump due to billionaire influence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2472985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sanders-harris-defeat.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32175,53575,3728,4021,5894],"class_list":["post-2472984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bernie-sanders","tag-billionaires-2","tag-election","tag-harris","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sanders-harris-defeat.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472984"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2472988,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472984\/revisions\/2472988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2472985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}