That long list of scandals made Trump’s second White House win confounding to many progressives. But not Bernie Sanders: “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,” the independent, left-wing senator from Vermont wrote on Nov. 6.

Faiz Shakir, who managed Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, is jumping into the race for chair of the Democratic National Committee.

Mr. Shakir said his mission, should he win the post, would be to redefine the Democratic Party as the party of the working class.

Progressive strategist Faiz Shakir, who ran Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign in 2020, has announced a late bid to lead the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Citing a “lack of

Faiz Shakir says Trump, in some cases, has delivered a more compelling message to working-class voters, who have long made up the backbone of the Democratic Party.