Hate him or love him, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. is one of few folks on Capitol Hill that will give you a candid answer on tough topics.
Even if it comes to those you’d think closely align with his progressive views.
On Sunday, Sanders told NBC News some shocking truths about Kamala Harris and her campaign that should give voters pause.
During an interview on “Meet the Press” Sander was asked about Vice President Kamala Harris flip-flopping on several of her progressive policy positions with less than two months to go until the November election.
“She has previously supported Medicare-For-All, now she does not. She’s previously supported a ban on fracking, now she does not. These, senator, are ideas that you have campaigned on. Do you think she is abandoning her progressive ideals?” NBC anchor Kristen Welker asked Sanders on “Meet the Press.”
“No, I don’t think she’s abandoning her ideals,” he replied. “I think she’s trying to be pragmatic and doing what she thinks is right in order to win the election.”
In other words, Sanders thinks Harris is just saying what people want to hear.
Since emerging as the Democratic nominee, Harris has distanced herself from far-left policies on immigration, energy and health care that she previously embraced.
Sanders continued his critique of Harris saying his views were “slightly different” than Harris’, but he still considers her a “progressive” with similar goals.
“She has another approach toward moving to universal health care,” Sanders said about Harris no longer supporting Medicare-For-All.
“But again, I think on issues like expanding Medicare, like expanding Social Security and lifting the cap on taxable income that the rich put so we can raise Social Security benefits… the need to raise the minimum wage from a starvation, $7.25 minimum wage to a living wage… I think if you campaign on those issues, raising questions on billionaires, you know what? She’s going to win, and I think she can win big,” he continued.
Sanders reiterated that he believes Harris to be a “progressive” before listing policies they share support for.
“Look, she and I – she is not where I am, but I think, for example, when she talks about making the child tax credit permanent and you know, we did that in the American Rescue Plan. We lowered childhood poverty by 40%. Kristen, we should not have, as the richest country on earth, one of the highest rates of childhood poverty. When she talks about 3 million units of affordable housing, that’s a big deal because we have a major housing crisis in America. When she talks about passing the PRO Act to make it easier for workers to join unions, that’s a big deal because we have to expand the union movement so the workers get decent wages. So yes, her views are not mine, but I do consider her a progressive,” he added.
A campaign spokesperson previously confirmed to Fox News that Harris had changed several of her key policy positions and was taking a “pragmatic” approach to “bring all sides together.”
“While Donald Trump is wedded to the extreme ideas in his Project 2025 agenda, Vice President Harris believes real leadership means bringing all sides together to build consensus,” spokesperson Mia Ehrenberg said in a statement. “It is that approach that made it possible for the Biden-Harris administration to achieve bipartisan breakthroughs on everything from infrastructure to gun violence prevention. As President, she will take that same pragmatic approach, focusing on common-sense solutions for the sake of progress.”
Check out Sanders’ entire interview: