Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s rose-tinted claim of a “totally united” Democratic Party was obliterated this week by Senator Bernie Sanders, who delivered a stinging rebuke that laid bare the party’s lack of coherence and conviction. Schumer’s assertion, meant to project strength, instead invited scrutiny, and Sanders, never one to mince words, seized the moment to expose the Democrats’ hollow rhetoric. Far from a unified front, the party is a fractured mess, clinging to outdated strategies and failing to articulate a compelling vision for America’s future.

On CNN’s The Source with host Kaitlan Collins, Sanders dismantled Schumer’s fantasy with surgical precision. Collins replayed a clip of Schumer proclaiming that the “caucus is united,” followed by Sanders’ own words from a prior interview, where he argued, “what Democrats lack right now is a vision for the future.” When the camera returned to Sanders, he didn’t hesitate. “I think that last guy was right,” he quipped, referring to himself. “Not the other guy, but the guy was on last.” The jab was sharp, and it set the tone for an indictment of the Democratic establishment’s failures.

Collins, picking up on the tension, pressed Sanders: “So I mean, it’s not surprising. Do you believe you’re right, Senator Schumer is wrong here?” Sanders’ response was unrelenting. “You need an agenda. Did you hear it? United around what? Are we united around guaranteeing health care to all people? I am proud, by the way, that the Democrats supported an amendment that I offered to raise the minimum wage to 17 bucks an hour. That’s a start. Are we united in tackling a corrupt campaign finance system?” His questions hung in the air, unanswered, exposing the Democrats’ lack of a cohesive platform.

Sanders didn’t stop there. He turned his fire on the party’s inability to confront the influence of wealth in politics. “Now, you tell me you’re an observer of these things. How do you deal with politics in America without understanding that billionaires play an enormously destructive role in both political parties?” he asked. It’s a question the Democratic leadership, cozy with corporate donors, seems desperate to avoid. Sanders’ critique cuts to the core of why the party flounders: it’s too busy appeasing the elite to fight for the working class.

In an interview with Bernie Sanders, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins played back a clip of Chuck Schumer insisting that the “Caucus is united.” To that, Sanders responds, “United around what?” pic.twitter.com/RzSnF1XHYh

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The Democrats’ internal dysfunction was further exposed when Collins brought up criticism from within the party. She noted that Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who’ve been barnstorming the country on their Fighting Oligarchy Tour, face pushback from colleagues like Senator Elissa Slotkin. Slotkin, a newly minted senator, dismissed Sanders and AOC, claiming, “they’re not winning elections.” The comment, dripping with establishment disdain, reveals the party’s obsession with electoral pragmatism over principled leadership.

Sanders’ response was a masterclass in cutting through the noise. “Well, look, I that is part of the old Democratic establishment and they are interested in winning elections, which is very, very important,” he said. “But in my view, you can’t win elections unless you have something to say to the vast majority of the people in this country.” It’s a simple truth the Democrats refuse to grasp. Their fixation on poll-tested platitudes and incrementalism has left them disconnected from the very voters they claim to represent. Donald Trump and company have left them in the dust on this very point.

Sanders went on to dissect the Democrats’ electoral failures with devastating clarity. “I do not think that Donald Trump won the election because he promised tax breaks for billionaires and to cut medicaid and nutrition and education. That’s not why he won the election,” he said. “He won the election because a lot of people are saying, ‘who is going to do anything?’ And Trump comes along, ‘I’m going to smash the system.’ People say, ‘yeah, well, I’ll take a chance.’ Better than nothing.” The Democrats, Sanders implies, offered nothing but empty promises and tired slogans.

The senator’s critique is an indictment of a party that’s lost its way. “But the Democrats need to do right now is to have the courage to take on the very powerful special interests who, to a large degree, control the political process and the legislative process in the United States,” Sanders declared. Yet courage is in short supply among Democratic leaders, who seem more comfortable schmoozing with lobbyists than challenging the status quo. Schumer’s claim of unity is a flimsy facade, masking a party paralyzed by its own complacency.

The Democrats’ refusal to embrace a remotely populist agenda has left them vulnerable, and Sanders’ words serve as a warning they ignore at their peril. While Schumer peddles platitudes, voters are crying out for real change—change the Democrats are too timid to deliver. Sanders’ call for a clear agenda, one that prioritizes healthcare, fair wages, and dismantling corporate influence, is the antidote to the party’s malaise. But the establishment’s resistance to his vision only deepens the divide.

Sanders has been panned as a crazy socialist, and he has certainly earned much of the criticism that’s been thrown his way over the course of his decades-long political career that dates back to the 1970s. That being said, he’s right that the Democrats are absolutely not unified. If anything, they are more fractured than ever before and they have no vision to offer the American people.

The Democrats are at rock bottom and all they can do is argue about how to move forward. The radical “progressive” wing of the Democrat Party refuses to let go of extreme agendas that the vast majority of Americans can’t get on board with (and that includes Sanders with his socialist agendas). Meanwhile, the old guard of the Democrat establishment continues to have no backbone to find whatsoever. The blue team is in dire straits, that’s for sure.

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What do you think of the future of the Democrat Party? Will they ever return to a simpler time before they were staunchly defending extreme agendas like transgender ideologies and outright socialism? Let us know what you think in the comments below.