"If you’ve ever heard Bernie on the stump, you yourself could probably sing the notes he hit. Lionizing the working class. Demanding a higher minimum wage and the expansion of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Celebrating organized labor and calling to expand it. Condemning millionaires and billionaires, Republicans, and big money in politics.

That’s not because the party has steadfastly refused Sanders’ influence, forcing him to repeat the same old points to no avail—it’s the opposite. Since Sanders rocketed to national prominence in 2016, the entire Democratic Party has moved toward him."

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/bernie-sanders-dnc-speech-legacy-democratic-party-progressive-policy.html

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This Speech Only Lasted 12 Minutes, but It Spoke Volumes About How the Democratic Party Has Changed

It sounded like everyone else’s. That’s astonishing.

^{Alexander Sammon (Slate)}