49ers players criticize DNC after Trump's victory: 'They haven't learned'

San Francisco 49ers long snapper Tabor Pepper slammed the Democratic National Committee after Vice President Kamala Harris lost the presidential election to former President Donald Trump.

Mr. Pepper was responding to a scathing statement made by Sen. Bernie Sanders (R-Vt.) after the general election, when Fox News predicted Mr. Trump would win.

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“After this election cycle, I'm ironically being pushed even further to the left,” Pepper wrote in a post on X. “The DNC has made mistakes against Trump in two election cycles, and they haven't learned.

“If you're not growing, you're going to die. They can't keep implementing the same strategy and expect the election results to change.”

Mr. Sanders said he and other members of Congress conducted their own postmortem into the causes of the party's crushing defeat, accusing Democrats of abandoning the working class.

“It's not really surprising that the Democratic Party, which has abandoned working-class people, realizes that the working class has abandoned them. First it was the white working class, now it's the white working class. The same goes for Latino workers and black workers.” Said.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on August 20, 2024. (Mandel Gann/AFP via Getty Images)

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“While Democratic leaders defend the status quo, Americans are angry and want change. And they are right.”

Harris said her campaign had been “disastrous” after she was forced into the presidential race following President Biden's last-minute decision to resign.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Jamie Harrison called Sanders' statement “a direct criticism.”

“Biden was the most pro-labor president of my lifetime. He saved union pensions, created millions of good-wage jobs, and even marched on picket lines. Some of MVP's plans are “It will fundamentally change the quality of life and close the racial wealth gap for working people across this country,” Harrison wrote to X.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Jamie R. Harrison speaks on stage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention on August 19, 2024 at the United Center in Chicago. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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“From the child tax credit to the 25,000 yen down payment on a home to Medicare covering medical costs for the elderly at home. There are a lot of post-election measures, but this one is not a good one.”

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