In light of the Democratic party’s loss of the presidency, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent who has twice sought the party’s nomination, shared some strong words with the leaders of the Harris campaign. Sanders had made various videos supporting the vice president, but his true feelings about the campaign have now been revealed.

The statement begins with Sanders explaining that the Democrats should not see the result as surprising.

“It should come as a no great surprise that a Democratic party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,” wrote Sanders.

The Vermont leader noted that in the 2016 election, it was white working-class voters who left the party to cast their ballots for the GOP. Eight years later, the Democratic party saw a severe drop off in support from Black and Latino voters, placing their coalition at risk here and into the future.

Sanders’ comments reflect the public’s anger with the current political situation and express the frustration many voters feel when they enter the voting booth. Sanders underscored the reality that as income inequality continues to rise, real wages today are lower than they were 50 years ago. Workers have every right to be upset with the political establishment. When workers feel they are putting in more effort but receiving less in return, Sanders agrees and criticizes his party for not adopting a similar stance.

The independent Senator who saw success in the two Democratic primaries he ran in warns that the Democratic Party establishment is not likely to learn from these electoral failures. Pointing fingers at the “big money interests and well-paid consultants who control the Democratic Party,” he asks whether they will “learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign?” For Sanders, who is concerned with the increasing political alienation millions face, the answer is “probably not.”