Bernie Blasts Trump At ‘No Kings’ Protest But Names 3 Other Billionaires As Part Of The Problem

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) delivered a damning speech Saturday in Washington, D.C. in help of the nationwide “No Kings” protests in opposition to President Donald Trump, and named a number of different billionaires he mentioned have “hijacked” America’s economic system and political system.

The progressive icon started by noting the U.S. was based in inherent opposition to authoritarian rule, and that the nation’s first president George Washington known as it “an experiment entrusted to the palms of the American folks” when he was sworn in.

“That is a few handful of the wealthiest folks on Earth who of their insatiable greed have hijacked our economic system and our political system so as to enrich themselves on the expense of working households all through this nation,” Sanders continued Saturday.

He clarified, “Yeah, I’m speaking about Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and the opposite multibillionaires who had been sitting proper behind Trump when he was inaugurated. Do not forget that? The exact same billionaires who funded his marketing campaign, who’ve bestowed items upon him and who’ve seen large will increase of their wealth and energy since Trump took workplace.”

Sanders additional excoriated Musk for being “on his solution to turning into a trillionaire” whereas all of that is occurring, and as soon as once more decried that “the richest nation within the historical past of the world” seems to be actively destroying its already missing healthcare system.

“So at this time, proper now, I say to my Republican colleagues, come again out of your month-long trip,” Sanders mentioned Saturday. “Begin negotiating and don’t enable the American well being care system to be destroyed. Finish this shutdown.”