“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordMarch 5, 2025
I think everybody on this committee and the people of America understand who is running the government, and it's not going to be the secretary of labor.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
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Editor's note · Context

Sanders asserts that Elon Musk, not the labor secretary, is running the government.

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