Sen. Sanders says he is looking forward to Trump 'fulfilling his promise' on credit card interest rates

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said helium is looking guardant to moving with the Trump Administration and hopes that President-elect Donald Trump sticks to his committedness surrounding the headdress connected involvement rates.

"I look guardant to working with the Trump Administration connected fulfilling his committedness to headdress recognition paper involvement rates astatine 10%," Sanders wrote successful a station connected X connected Friday.

"We cannot proceed to let large banks to marque grounds profits by ripping disconnected Americans by charging them 25 to 30% involvement rates. That is usury," helium wrote.

Several X users praised Sanders and thanked him for backing Trump's efforts.

NANCY PELOSI FIRES BACK AT BERNIE SANDERS FOR COMMENTS ON DEMS' SWEEPING ELECTION LOSS: NO 'RESPECT'

"Thank you for trying to absorption connected the imaginable bully coming from the adjacent medication alternatively of fearfulness mongering," 1 idiosyncratic commented.

"I did not person Bernie agreeing with Trump connected thing connected my Election BINGO Card," different idiosyncratic commented.

"This is simply a infinitesimal successful the past of our state that cipher should ne'er forget. Wow! Trump and Bernie moving unneurotic for the radical of America! Maybe unifying this state is not impossible. Thank you Bernie!" different idiosyncratic commented. 

The left-wing lawmaker, who is listed arsenic a subordinate of the Senate Democratic caucus, ripped the Democratic Party successful the aftermath of Trump's 2024 statesmanlike predetermination triumph and accused the enactment of abandoning the moving class.

"It should travel arsenic nary large astonishment that a Democratic Party which has abandoned moving people radical would find that the moving people has abandoned them. First, it was the White moving class, and present it is Latino and Black workers arsenic well," Sanders said successful a erstwhile statement.

BERNIE SANDERS EXCORIATES DEMOCRATIC PARTY, CALLS CAMPAIGN 'DISASTROUS' AFTER TRUMP VICTORY

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) delivers remarks connected signifier astatine NHTI Concord Community College earlier U.S. President Joe Biden connected Oct. 22, 2024 successful Concord, New Hampshire. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

"While the Democratic enactment defends the presumption quo, the American radical are aggravated and privation change. And they're right," helium continued.

Sanders has characterized Harris' run arsenic "disastrous."

"Will the large wealth interests and well-paid consultants who power the Democratic Party larn immoderate existent lessons from this disastrous campaign?" helium asked. 

"Will they recognize the symptom and governmental alienation that tens of millions of Americans are experiencing?" helium added. "Do they person immoderate ideas arsenic to however we tin instrumentality connected the progressively almighty oligarchy which has truthful overmuch economical and governmental power? Probably not."

While Republicans secured the Senate majority pursuing the 2024 election, the 83-year-old Sanders, who has served successful the enclosure since 2007, conscionable won different six-year-term.

BERNIE SANDERS SAYS HARRIS DROPPING FAR-LEFT POLICIES 'IN ORDER TO WIN THE ELECTION'

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talks to the media arsenic helium walks to the House enclosure earlier President Joe Biden's State of the Union code astatine the U.S. Capitol connected March 7, 2024, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

"Unbelievably, real, inflation-accounted-for play wages for the mean American idiosyncratic are really little present than they were 50 years ago," Sanders antecedently said. "Today, contempt an detonation of exertion and idiosyncratic productivity, galore young radical volition person a worse modular of surviving than their parents."

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined a slew of Democrats taking discourtesy to Sanders' comments. 

"With each owed respect, and I person a large woody of respect for [Sanders], for what helium stands for, but I don't respect him saying that the Democratic Party has abandoned the moving people families. That's wherever we are," Pelosi told The New York Times' "The Interview" podcast connected Saturday.

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Pelosi's remarks came days aft Sanders posted connected X that Democrats' nonaccomplishment should "come arsenic nary large surprise" aft moving people voters – archetypal the White moving people and past the Latino and Black moving classes — looked elsewhere for change.

Fox News Digital's Alex Nitzberg and Taylor Penley contributed to this report. 

Stepheny Price is simply a writer for Fox News Digital.