There’s no question that Republican Donald Trump relied on support from people on the far right in order to defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton. But it’s also true that Trump’s victory was made possible by voters looking for economic policies preferred by progressives.
That theme is one that’s increasingly emerging from leading congressional liberals in light of Tuesday’s surprising presidential election results.
In a news release, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Hillary Clinton’s former rival for the Democratic nomination, argued that Trump’s victory was enabled in part by people tired of the neoliberal economics that have dominated both major political parties for decades.
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