Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said former Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election because “she had too many billionaires telling her not to speak up for the working class.”

Sanders first made the case on Friday in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he spoke at a rally as part of his monthslong “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. He later reiterated the point.

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“How do you run for president and not develop a strong agenda which speaks to the economic crisis facing working families?” he told CNN host Dana Bash on State of the Union on Sunday morning. “You have more income and wealth inequality today than we’ve ever had.”

While he thinks of Harris as a friend, Sanders criticized her for mostly listening to “very wealthy people” during her unsuccessful campaign against President Donald Trump. Harris received support from some 80 billionaires, including Mark Cuban, considerably more than Trump got.

“You have 60% of our people living paycheck to paycheck. You got a healthcare system which is broken and dysfunctional,” he said. “And despite spending so much, we’re the only major country not to guarantee healthcare to all people. How do you not talk about those issues?”

When Bash noted Harris talked about affordability issues, Sanders said she talked about it in a “vague” way before quickly adding, “I don’t want to rehash the campaign.”

Sanders argued that in order to win future elections, the Democratic Party must “stand unequivocally with the working class of this country” and pursue an “agenda that speaks to the needs of working people.”

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The 83-year-old socialist has been touring the nation, warning about the oligarchic class influencing American politics. He has held numerous speaking engagements since the tour’s launch in February, with Democratic figures such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) joining him on stage.

After speaking in the predominantly Republican state of West Virginia the past two days, Sanders will head to North Carolina on Sunday.