Bernie Sanders: Resisting Trump Is ‘Not Good Enough’

Throughout the era of politics dominated by President Donald Trump, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has offered the same advice to the Democratic Party over and over again: Simply trying to stop what Trump is doing isn’t enough.

This time, though, there’s a chance the party might actually listen. As Sanders campaigns across the country, attracting tens of thousands of people at rallies in GOP-held congressional districts, the party is seeing its approval ratings slip to record lows. Combined with the mutual embrace between Trump and some of the world’s richest people, the stage is set for the 83-year-old Sanders to shape the party’s direction in an unprecedented way.

“The American people, I think, not only want resistance to Trump, but I think they want what the Democratic Party in the last many years has not given them, and that is an agenda that speaks to the needs of the working class, because it’s not good enough,” Sanders told HuffPost in an exclusive sit-down interview with HuffPost following his rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Friday.

“‘Oh, well, you know, Trump is a terrible guy,’” he continued, mimicking other critics of the president. “Fine. You know, the majority of American people understand that. What’s your alternative? Why did Trump get elected? What do you have to say to a worker today who’s making 14 bucks an hour, who can’t afford health care? Tell me what you have to say. What do you have to say to kids who would like to go to college, who can’t afford to go to college?”