Rin Velasco on Bernie Sanders

“With President Donald Trump's deployment of 700 Marines to Los Angeles, Sen. Bernie Sanders took to the internet to offer his own thoughts. In a video posted to his X account, Sanders said the message he wishes to impart is not about the protests or the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the California city but something that affects all Americans everywhere. "What's going on is all about Trump's never-ending desire for more and more power," Sanders said. The Vermont senator said that the 45th and 47th president is overriding the California governor's authority in order to consolidate more power with the U.S. military. Sanders also said that Trump is trying to wrest control from the judicial and legislative branch of government as well as stamp out universities' independence and private law offices. "Now is the time for us to come together and stand against authoritarianism and for democracy," Sanders said.”

“"I am 83 years of age, and I'm tired," Sanders said in a March interview. Sanders said in that interview that he felt proud that many voters in Vermont sent him back to Congress and that currently that is the work he is interested in doing. Despite his age, Sanders has filed for reelection in the future, not for president, but for the senatorial race in 2030, according to a January filing earlier this year.”