Sen. Sanders: The Trump-Musk Alliance Marks The ‘Scariest Times’ In My Lifetime
US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spoke at a press conference on the cost of US prescription drugs on September 17, 2024, in Washington, D.C., in the Darksen Senate Office building. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
OAN Staff Break Wolf 10:55am – Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent “democratic socialist,” recently declared “these are the most frightening times” of his life.
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“These are the most frightening times of my life,” Sanders (i-vt.) said in an episode of. “Pod Save America” With John Lovett.
“I think it's objectively true. As you know, it's not just that. [that] They want to give billionaires tax deductions and cut down the program for workers. Frankly, it happened before,” said Sanders, who owns three homes.
“You can combine that with the power of the Olihead in general and use it to own Mr Musk and Twitter and send a message to hundreds of millions of people,” Sanders added.
Despite criticizing Democrats after the 2024 presidential election, Sanders remains a prominent critic of the Trump Mask Alliance. The administration claims that “for the billionaire class, the billionaire class, the billionaire class.”
“It should not be a big surprise for Democrats who abandoned the working class to realize that the working class has abandoned them. Democratic leaders defend the status quo, but Americans are angry and want change. And they're right,” Sanders posted on X on November 6th.th2024.
His appearance “Pod Save America” Along with Lovett, Sanders went on to suggest that the Trump administration is threatening freedom of speech while moving towards “authoritarianism.”
“You're trying to turn them into right-wing ones, combining it with the fact that people like Bezos, the second-wealthest person in the country, have fired or driven away most of his editorial staff,” Sanders continued. “Combining that with the fact that Trump is suing major media and threatening investigations PBS and NPR. ”
But what Sanders didn't mention is that Trump's efforts to sue certain media companies have never revolved around restraining “free speech.” It revolves around responsibilities of lying to Americans, intentionally printing or posting blatant forgery about him and his administration. ABC News Last year, one of the Trumps handed Trump $15 million after lying about him being “being responsible for rape.”
“It's combined not only with the power of money, but with the move towards authoritarianism,” Sanders continued.
Sanders also argued that Trump and Musk's frivolous and fraudulent cuts to federal funds were “illegal” and “illegal.”
“If Trump unilaterally cuts federal funds passed by Congress, it's illegal and it's unconstitutional,” he continued. “When you say in his judgment the Vice President that the courts have no right to stop the unconstitutional behavior of a president, that is authoritarian.”
“He is now about to end his founding father. [were] It's pretty smart and creates a government shape that's balanced with checks,” Sanders insisted. “This is a scary moment.”
New: Bernie Sanders, who lived during the Cuban missile crisis and the 9/11 attacks, says Trump and Musk are making this “the most frightening time of my life.”
What a clown.
Sanders says it's “objectively true” that this is actually the most frightening time of the past 83 years.
Additionally, Sanders recently attacked the mask for calling Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) a traitor to visit Ukraine.
“Kelly is a soldier serving his country and went to Ukraine to understand how the Ukrainian people are responding. [President Trump’s] The nation's betrayal…and you have Musk that you're talking about Mark Kelly as a traitor,” Sanders said recently. CNN Interview.
“The American people are tired of the world's wealthiest man who runs the US government, and in this case I think they are calling for the man who stopped his life to protect the traitors. That's beyond the pale.”
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