Bernie Sanders Rejects Carville’s Advice for ‘Strategic Political Retreat’ for Democrats: ‘Been Playing Dead For Too Many Years’ Already
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) rejected advice from Democratic strategist James Carville that encouraged the party to retreat from Republicans.
Recently, Carville wrote an essay in The New York Times that encouraged Democrats to make a “strategic political retreat” adding that members should “roll over and play dead” as public support for Trump’s policies crumbles.
During a Sunday interview on Meet The Press, anchor Kristen Welker asked Sanders whether he agrees with Carville’s advice. Sanders responded by stating Democrats have “been playing dead for too many years.”
WELKER: Democratic strategist James Carville wrote this quote roll over and play dead. Allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight and make the American people miss us. Senator, what say you? Do you think that’s a good idea?
SANDERS: No, I don’t. In fact, the problem is the Democrats have been playing dead for too many years. 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck. We have more income and wealth inequality than we’ve ever had in the history of this country. We have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country.
Millions of seniors are struggling to heat their homes to put food on the table. I don’t think you play dead. I think you stand up for the working class of this country and make the point that right now, the Trump administration is clearly an administration designed to represent the interests of the Musks of the world. Thirteen of the people that he nominated to head agencies are billionaires.
You know, Kristen, when Abraham Lincoln was in Gettysburg, looking out on the field with so many had died to defend freedom, he talked about a vision of America where we have a government of the people, by the people and for the people. What we have right now in Washington, let me be very clear, is a government of the billionaire class, by the billionaire class and for the billionaire class.
Watch the clip above via NBC News.
