Bernie Sanders urges Democrats not to work with ‘right-wing extremist’ Musk after Trump fallout

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., ruled retired the thought that Democrats should enactment with Elon Musk aft his explosive falling retired with President Donald Trump, labeling the Tesla CEO a "right-wing extremist."

Musk said that helium "strongly supported Obama" but felt that the modern Democratic Party had been "hijacked by extremists" successful an April 2022 post connected X. 

"Musk has evolved implicit the years. My understanding is helium really voted for Obama successful 2008. But implicit the years, helium has developed into a right-wing extremist," Sanders told CNN "State of the Union" big Dana Bash aft she asked if Democrats should enactment with the tech billionaire aft his "breakup" with Trump.

Sen. Bernie Sanders rejected the imaginable of Democrats moving with Elon Musk.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Sanders dismissed the thought retired of manus and said Trump and Musk’s drama was further impervious that the United States was devolving into an oligarchic society. The self-proclaimed antiauthoritarian socialist dismissed the occurrence arsenic a combat among oligarchs, and slammed it arsenic an "embarrassment" to radical who judge successful ideology and the regularisation of law. 

"Musk said to Trump, ‘hey listen, I spent $270 cardinal to get you elected. I bought you the presidency due to the fact that we person a corrupt run concern strategy and billionaires tin bash that.’ And Trump said, ‘well, I gave you the close to tally the authorities for 3 oregon 4 months, but I don’t similar the feline you privation to tally NASA, and we’re going to get escaped of him’ and Musk got upset," Sanders said. 

Sanders slammed Musk arsenic a "right-wing extremist." (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Musk endorsed Trump aft helium survived his assassination effort successful Butler, Pennsylvania, and subsequently served arsenic 1 of his apical surrogates and spent hundreds of millions of dollars to get him elected. Trump selected Musk to service arsenic caput of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and tasked him with cutting waste, fraud and maltreatment from the national bureaucracy. Musk’s tenure astatine DOGE was tumultuous. Although helium recovered billions of dollars successful spending cuts, his reductions successful national outlays fell acold abbreviated of the trillion dollars helium promised. Backlash to Musk’s enactment wrong the medication caused his businesses to suffer.

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Trump and Musk’s narration took a crook for the worse aft the president withdrew Musk-ally Jared Isaacman’s information to pb NASA.  Musk proceeded to trash the "big beauteous bill" Trump is trying to get done Congress, claiming Trump lone won due to the fact that helium donated $270 cardinal to assistance his run and alleging, without proof, that the president is featured successful the alleged Epstein files successful an X station he subsequently deleted. 

Trump warned that Musk volition person to look "very superior consequences" if helium funds Democratic candidates arsenic a effect of their rupture.

Sanders agreed with Musk's assertion that President Trump lone won the predetermination due to the fact that helium spent $270 cardinal towards his campaign.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

When asked by Bash if helium feels that Musk is close successful claiming that Trump lone won due to the fact that of Musk’s money, Sanders responded affirmatively.

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