Sanders doubles down on his criticism of Democrats, fires back at Pelosi's pushback

Sen. Bernie Sanders defended criticism of the Democratic Party and rejected Rep. Nancy Pelosi's pushback, saying the working class has a right to be angry.

"You got the top 1% owning more wealth than the bottom 90%. We're the only major country not to guarantee health care to all of our people. Twenty-five percent of our seniors are trying to live on $50,000 a year or less. We have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on earth. And the gap between the people at the top and everybody else is getting wider and wider. And then, of course, that on top of all of that, we've got a corrupt campaign finance system which allows billionaires to buy elections. So if you're an average worker out there, you're saying, 'Hey, I'm working longer and longer hours, go nowhere in a hurry, worried about my kids.' And yet the people on top, 'I've never had it so good.'"  Danielle Wallace is a breaking news and politics reporter at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on X: @danimwallace. 

The left-wing lawmaker, who is listed as a member of the Senate Democratic caucus, said Wednesday, "It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them."