Longer term, obviously, we have to do what the Democratic Party has not done—and become the party of the working class, develop a strong grassroots movement, with labor unions, with young people, with people of color—and organize and fight back.
Sanders calls for the Democratic Party to prioritize working-class issues and grassroots organizing.
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