{"id":2503092,"date":"2025-10-25T19:54:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sanders-praises-aoc-says-voters-want-candidates-that-fight-for-them\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T19:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:55:20","slug":"sanders-praises-aoc-says-voters-want-candidates-that-fight-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sanders-praises-aoc-says-voters-want-candidates-that-fight-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanders praises AOC, says voters want candidates that \u2018fight\u2019 for them"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fsanders-praises-aoc-says-voters-want-candidates-that-fight-for-them%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=2503092&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 criticized establishment Democratic candidates, saying they no longer resonate with voters who want politicians to truly fight for their interests. In a recent interview on The axios Show, Sanders praised Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) as an intelligent, genuine, and hardworking advocate for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-commerce-secretary-is-a-former-venture-capitalist-but-some-gopers-warn-shell-be-soft-on-china\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Commerce Secretary Is A Former Venture Capitalist, But Some GOPers Warn She\u2019ll Be \u2018Soft On China\u2019\">working-class families<\/a>.He described her as a &#8220;formidable&#8221; potential candidate for the 2028 presidential election,while emphasizing that the decision is ultimately hers. Sanders highlighted the challenge Democrats face in messaging, contrasting it with donald Trump&#8217;s successful approach of acknowledging a broken system and promising to fix it, even if his solutions are controversial. Additionally, Sanders expressed support for Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, who faced backlash over past controversial posts, urging forgiveness and noting Platner&#8217;s recent apologies and commitment to fighting for the working class.  <\/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\">Bernie Sanders blasts establishment candidates, backs AOC for 2028<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2382770\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) blasted &ldquo;establishment-type&rdquo; candidates in a recent interview, saying they don&rsquo;t &ldquo;really cut it anymore&rdquo; and floated Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/aoc\">Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) as a &ldquo;formidable&rdquo; option for Democrats to retake the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\">White House<\/a> in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>On <em>The Axios Show<\/em>, Sanders said people want politicians who &ldquo;fight for them,&rdquo; all while heaping praise on Ocasio-Cortez, who is close to Sanders and has been appearing with him on his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3794792\/aoc-stayed-at-swanky-hotels-amid-cross-country-fighting-oligarchy-campaign\/\">&ldquo;Fighting Oligarchy&rdquo; tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3863496\/shutdown-fight-deepens-thune-chilly-relationship-schumer\/\">Thune&#8217;s chilly relationship with Schumer in deep freeze thanks to shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3863094\/marsha-blackburn-questions-bowser-removal-beijing-dc-sister-city\/\">Marsha Blackburn questions Bowser over decision to remove Beijing as DC&#8217;s &#8216;sister city&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3862979\/jack-smith-testimony-before-congress-public\/\">Jack Smith asks for testimony before Congress to be public<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;At this particular moment in American history, having <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >establishment-type candidates doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t really cut it anymore,&rdquo; Sanders said. &ldquo;People are angry, people are hurting, people want candidates and public officials who are going to stand up and fight for them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders then lauded Ocasio-Cortez as &ldquo;incredibly intelligent&rdquo; and a &ldquo;good politician.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been out on the streets with her, people come up and how she responds to people is so incredibly genuine and open,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s a gift that she has.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders continued to praise Ocasio-Cortez, saying she &ldquo;comes from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chasing-hispanic-voters-kamala-harris-lies-in-another-language\/\" title=\"Chasing Hispanic ..., Kamala Harris Lies In Another Language\">working class&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and that &ldquo;she knows what it&rsquo;s like not to have any money.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s going out fighting for working families all over this country and I think as a young person, who six years ago was a waitress, becoming politically prominent has been incredibly inspiring,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>He then said he thinks Ocasio-Cortez would make a &ldquo;formidable&rdquo; presidential candidate in 2028, but that it&rsquo;s &ldquo;her decision to make.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>His comments come as Democrats navigate creating successful messaging with voters and putting candidates on the ballot that connect with the public.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-trump-s-successful-messaging\">Trump&rsquo;s successful messaging<\/h2>\n<p>Sanders said the problem for Democrats in 2024 was that Trump identified the system was broken and that he would fix it, while Democrats didn&rsquo;t acknowledge this &ldquo;reality.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What Trump has always understood, unlike many Democrats, is that the system is broken,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Trump understood that there are millions of people who are hurting, who are disgusted with the system, and in many ways he said, &lsquo;I will fix it, system is broken, I will fix it.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump understood the system was broken and his solutions make it worse. Democrats do not acknowledge that reality, ticker around the edges, and people say &lsquo;Trump may be crazy but at least he&rsquo;s trying to do something,&#8217;&rdquo; Sanders added.<\/p>\n<p>Since the election, Democrats have worked to recruit candidates and relay messaging with the goal of resonating with voters after a disastrous 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-supporting-graham-platner-of-maine\">Supporting Graham Platner of Maine<\/h2>\n<p>In recent weeks, Democrats have been met with scandals while trying to improve messaging, including one involving <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3862892\/platner-rebuilds-campaign-after-setbacks-blames-party-leadership\/\">Graham Platner<\/a>, who is running for a Maine Senate seat.<\/p>\n<p>Video emerged showing Platner with a tattoo of a Nazi symbol, and a collection of Reddit posts Platner made recently resurfaced, leading to controversy.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3856438\/ken-martin-graham-platner-posts-maine-senate\/\"><strong>DNC CHAIRMAN STANDS BY PLATNER IN MAINE SENATE RACE OVER &lsquo;INDEFENSIBLE&rsquo; DELETED POSTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sanders reiterated his support of Platner and said the Senate candidate went through a &ldquo;dark period&rdquo; and has since apologized.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The guy I saw up on the stage in Portland, Maine, rather a brilliant guy, I mean, really a strong fighter for the working class, very articulate, very smart,&rdquo; Sanders said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He added that Platner&rsquo;s old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media posts<\/a> were &ldquo;stupid&rdquo; and &ldquo;hurtful,&rdquo; but that the public should forgive him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think as a nation, especially given the fact that we have a president who has been convicted of 34 felonies, maybe we have to do a little bit of forgiveness,&rdquo; Sanders said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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 criticizes establishment, endorses AOC for 2028<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2503093,"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\/10\/AP25080102227816.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8334,6571,5894,3629,3981],"class_list":["post-2503092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-aoc","tag-elections","tag-politics","tag-progressive","tag-sanders"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25080102227816.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503092","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\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2503092"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503096,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503092\/revisions\/2503096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2503093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2503092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2503092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2503092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}