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Senator Bernie Sanders, I-VT., Decall the idea that Democrats should work with Elon Musk after his explosive fall with President Donald Trump, qualifying the Tesla CEO as a “right-wing extremist.”
Musk said that “he strongly supported Obama,” but felt that the modern Democratic party had been “kidnapped by extremists” in an April 2022 position in X.
“Musk has evolved over the years. I understand that he really voted for Obama in 2008. But over the years, he has become a right -wing extremist,” Sanders told the host of “State of the Union” of CNN, Dana Bash after she asked if the Democrats should work with the technological billionaire after her “rupture” with Trump.
Senator Bernie Sanders rejected the possibility for Democrats to work with Elon Musk. (Somodevilla/Getty images)
Timeline: Within the evolution relationship between Trump and Musk from the first term to the consequences of this week
Sanders dismissed the idea of the hands and said that Trump and Musk's drama was one more proof that the United States was becoming an oligarchic society. The democratic socialist self -proclaimed dismissed the episode as a fight between oligarchs, and criticized him as a “shame” for people who believe in democracy and the rule of law.
“Musk told Trump: 'Hey, I heard, I spent $ 270 million to be chosen. I bought you the presidency because we have a corrupt campaign financing system and the billionaires can do that. Sanders
Sanders criticized Musk as a “right -wing extremist.” (Brendan Smialowski/AFP through Getty Images)
Musk backed Trump after he survived his murder attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, and subsequently served as one of his main substitutes and spent hundreds of millions of dollars to be chosen. Trump selected Musk to serve as head of the Government Efficiency Department (Doge) and commissioned the waste cut, fraud and abuse of the federal bureaucracy. Musk's mandate in Doge was tumultuous. Although he found billions of dollars in expenses of expenses, his reductions in federal disbursements remained well below the billion dollars he promised. The violent reaction to Musk's work within the administration caused their businesses to suffer.
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Trump and Musk's relationship worse after the president withdrew the Musk-Aryly Jared Isaacman nomination to lead NASA. Musk proceeded to destroy the “Great Beautiful Law” that Trump is trying to overcome Congress, claiming that Trump only won because he donated $ 270 million to help his campaign and claiming, without evidence, that the president appears in the so -called Epstein files in an X post that subsequently eliminated.
Trump warned that Musk will have to face “very serious consequences” if he finances Democratic candidates as a result of their breakup.
Sanders agreed with Musk's statement that President Trump only won the elections because he spent $ 270 million in his campaign. (Photo AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
When Bash asked him if he feels that Musk is right to affirm that Trump only won due to Musk's money, Sanders responded affirmatively.
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