As the Daily Beast reports, host Meyers then asked Sanders if he worries that Monday's Mueller indictments could give the left false hope, pushing them away from focusing "on the ballot box."

"Yes. I mean, I think we've got to work in two ways," Sanders answered. "Number one, we have got to take on Trump's attacks against the environment, against women, against Latinos and blacks and people in the gay community, we've got to fight back every day on those issues. But equally important, or more important: We have got to focus on bread-and-butter issues that mean so much to ordinary Americans."

Sanders said those "ordinary Americans" are "not staying up every day worrying about Russia's interference in our election." Instead, he said, "They're wondering how they're going to send their kids to college" or "how they're going to be able to pay the rent" or "whether they can afford health care."
SKKRRRRT.

The framing is strange--Sanders juxtaposes "ordinary Americans" against women, Latinx and black people and the LGBTQ community as if they were different groups. He also frames those "ordinary Americans" and their issues as "equally ... or more important" than that of the marginalized communities he lists before.

Systemic racism and sexism regularly affect those "bread and butter" issues Sanders describes: paying for college, rent and health care. Black and Latinx families are losing wealth, not gaining it. The Trump administration's attacks on environmental regulations can also compound the damage suffered by marginalized communities, which are disproportionately affected by global warming and environmental disasters. Black and brown people regularly give a fuck about social justice issues, like police brutality and criminal-justice reform, along with their job prospects. At the same damn time. In fact, they understand better than other "ordinary Americans" how those circles intersect.

This line of reasoning from Sanders isn't atypical. In the spring, Sanders defended Donald Trump voters.