Joe Rogan, Bernie Sanders spar over big money in politics after Sanders complains about Musk's spending

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., tried to slam Elon Musk implicit the $270 cardinal helium spent to assistance get President Donald Trump elected during an quality connected "The Joe Rogan Experience," Tuesday, but Rogan rapidly changeable backmost with the ample sums donated to erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris’ doomed campaign.

Sanders sparred with Rogan implicit governmental donations during a treatment of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision. The ruling recovered that governmental donations were a signifier of speech, and truthful could not beryllium constricted nether the First Amendment. Sanders slammed Citizens United arsenic "maybe the worst determination that the Supreme Court has ever made."

"What is says is you’re a billionaire, you present person the law close due to the fact that your wealth is your state of expression," Sanders said. "The effect of that decision, let’s instrumentality america to wherever we are today, Elon Musk… helium spent $270 cardinal to elite Donald Trump. I deliberation that’s absurd."

Sen. Bernie Sanders said it was "absurd" that Elon Musk could donate $270 cardinal to assistance get Trump elected.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Rogan past asked what the largest donation to the Harris run was. Sanders didn’t springiness a sum but said the run spent "a batch of money."

"They spent $1.5 cardinal conscionable successful the people of a mates months," Rogan said. 

The Harris run raised $1.5 cardinal during her 15-week-long campaign, and exited the contention $20 cardinal successful debt. The Tesla CEO formally endorsed Trump aft helium survived his assassination effort astatine his Butler Pennsylvania rally. 

Musk past jumped into the race caput first, pouring $240 cardinal into a pro-Trump Super PAC called America Pac. He besides handed retired $1 cardinal checks astatine rallies helium hosted to assemblage members who signed a petition endorsed by his PAC, arsenic good arsenic spending millions connected different pro-Trump efforts. Sanders claimed that arsenic a reward, Musk became the "most almighty idiosyncratic successful government" erstwhile Trump took office.

Joe Rogan countered that Kamala's run spent $1.5 cardinal successful the span of a fewer months.  ("The Joe Rogan Experience"/PowerfulJRE YouTube channel)

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The SpaceX laminitis ran the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), whose ngo was to chopped "waste, fraud and abuse" from the national government. During his little tenure astatine the agency, DOGE made headlines for efficaciously shuttering USAID, arsenic good arsenic galore different high-profile cuts to national spending.

Sanders, a long-time outspoken hostile of large wealth successful politics, went connected to authorities that some parties trust connected billionaire donors, and helium doesn’t bounds his criticisms to Republicans and Musk. 

Elon Musk was a large backer of Trump.  (AP/Evan Vucci)

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"You’re not going to perceive maine defending [the] Democratic Party connected this issue… During the predetermination it wasn’t conscionable Musk and the Republicans putting a batch of wealth into Trump, it was Democratic billionaires putting wealth into Kamala and different candidates arsenic well," Sanders said.