Sen. Bernie Sanders

Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, longest-serving independent in congressional history.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

As an immediate first step to Medicare for All, the new Democratic Congress must lower the Medicare eligibility age to 55, cover all kids & expand Medicare for dental, vision & hearing.

All of this can be passed with 51 votes in the Senate through reconciliation. Let’s do it.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

66% want Medicare for All
61% want a billionaire wealth tax
57% want a $20/hour minimum wage
63% want a data center moratorium
58% want to end military aid to Israel
73% want to ban super PACs
79% want a 10% credit card interest rate cap

No more excuses. Democrats must deliver.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

As the next chair of the Social Security Subcommittee, a top priority will be to expand Social Security benefits by at least $2,400 a year & extend Social Security’s solvency for generations.

How? By scrapping the cap & demanding that the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

U.S Minimum Wage in 2009: $7.25/hr
U.S minimum Wage in 2026: $7.25/hr

U.S. Billionaire Wealth in 2009: $1.27 trillion
U.S Billionaire Wealth in 2026: $9.15 trillion

Our job: Pass a billionaire wealth tax & raise the minimum wage to at least $20 an hour.

No more excuses.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

7 months ago, AOC and I introduced an AI data center moratorium.

Last night, 43 of 44 communities voted for one locally.

Americans don’t want Big Tech oligarchs wrecking the environment, gutting jobs and threatening humanity’s future.

NATIONAL DATA CENTER MORATORIUM NOW

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

President Trump claimed that AI oligarchs could regulate themselves because they “love our country.”

Now, Google is threatening schools: if you stop your students from using AI, we will cut off your access to Google Search.

That’s not love. That’s extortion.

PAUSE AI NOW.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

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[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Democracy is not billionaires buying elections.

Democracy is exercising your Constitutional right to vote and making your voice heard.

GO VOTE!

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Regardless of one’s political point of view, there is widespread agreement that we have a corrupt campaign finance system.

Our job: overturn Citizens United, end super PACs and move to public funding of elections.

Democracy means one person, one vote. Not billionaires buying elections.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Instead of building more AI data centers, which 66% of Americans oppose, I have a better idea.

Let’s build 7 million affordable homes & apartments.

Let’s build more hospitals, schools & childcare centers.

Let’s create an economy that works for all, not just the top 1 percent.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

While gas prices are up 39% since Trump started his illegal Iran War, Exxon’s profits are up 130%, Chevron’s are up 185% and Shell’s profits nearly doubled.

Working families struggle while Big Oil rips them off.

Trump’s response: “I don’t give a damn.”

Beyond unacceptable.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

He's right. Instead of spending billions on bombs, let's take care of America's working families.

END THE WAR IN IRAN NOW

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Trump: We can't take care of daycare. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Trump claims we’re now “paying the lowest drug prices anywhere in the world.” He lied. We pay the highest.

Now, Trump is trying to prevent 4 million Americans from buying prescription drugs from Canada and other countries — where prices are up to 10 times cheaper.

Outrageous.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Companies like Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, SpaceX, Oracle & Nvidia have racked up $3 trillion in debt on a high-stakes gamble on AI.

Big Tech Oligarchs: If your AI bet fails, don’t come begging to taxpayers. You won’t be bailed out — period. End of Discussion.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Big Oil spent $450 million to elect Trump. It was a great investment.

While working families pay outrageous prices at the pump and for home heating oil, Trump’s illegal war in Iran has nearly TRIPLED oil industry profits.

Together we must stop corporate greed.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Trump screamed at a reporter, called him a “sick guy” and said he looks “like hell” after he asked an innocuous question about the President's travel.

This is not normal behavior.

The American people are FED UP with Trump‘s narcissism, incompetence and greed. ENOUGH.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Since Trump’s election:

-Musk got $617 billion richer
-Bezos got $144 billion richer
-Page got $127 billion richer
-Dell got $123 billion richer
-Brin got $116 billion richer

How are you doing?

Let’s stop oligarchy. We must create an economy that works for all.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Trump promised his $920 billion corporate tax break would create jobs. Another lie.

Amazon
Tax break: $17.5 billion
Job cuts: 30,000

Meta
Tax break: $13.7 billion
Job cuts: 10,000

Verizon
Tax break: $2.5 billion
Job cuts: 15,000

UPS
Tax break: $130 million
Job cuts: 78,000

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Under Trump:

Diesel prices ⬆️ 72%
Gas prices ⬆️ 53%
Beef prices ⬆️ 17%

Trump’s message to working-class voters? If you can’t afford groceries, maybe you should try a $5,000 hamburger at Mar-a-Lago.

This is how out of touch with reality this guy is.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump's affordability message: "You could even come to Mar-a-Lago. You'll be my guest. The problem is that for $5,000 the most you'll be able to buy is a hamburger and maybe a small dessert. I'm not even sure you could buy that! No, don't go there. It's not a good place if you're price conscious."

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Corporate greed is Microsoft making $134 billion in profits last year, receiving $19 billion in tax breaks under Trump, paying a lower federal income tax rate than a nurse and getting rid of 60,000 workers.

“Corporations will create jobs if they get tax breaks” is a total scam.