Bernie Sanders slams Donald Trump, Elon Musk in 'Fighting Oligarchy' | RayderMediaTV

Sanders claimed Musk spent more than $270 million to get Trump elected, saying, “You get one vote, they buy elections.” He was also critical of Musk's shuttering of the U.S. Agency of International Development, USAID, which he said helps the poorest children and adults across the world.

“That the richest person on Earth is forcing children, the very poorest children to go hungry and unnecessarily die is a moral outrage,” Sanders said.

He urged audience members to take action, to call U.S. Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks and urge her to vote against any legislation that offers tax cuts to billionaires and slashes Medicaid, education and housing. Sanders said Republicans' three-vote majority means it takes only two "no" votes to kill these legislative proposals.

Sanders' two-part "Fighting Oligarchy" speech targeted locations where Republicans won by slim margins in the 2024 general election. In Iowa's 1st District, which includes Johnson County, Associated Press data showed Miller-Meeks was victorious by a margin of 798 votes, one of the tightest races in the country.

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Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, which is home to Omaha, where Sanders spoke on Friday night, was won by less than 6,000 votes by incumbent Don Bacon, according to the AP.