Overview
- Calling the moment unprecedented and dangerous, Sanders said Americans reject authoritarian or oligarchic rule and vowed, "We ain't gonna let it happen."
- He derided Trump's pursuit of Greenland as "pathetic," cited polling showing roughly 8% support for an invasion, and pointed to the War Powers Act and growing Republican unease as potential brakes.
- He warned that launching attacks without pretext, referenced in discussion of Venezuela, would erode U.S. standing to criticize other aggressors.
- He tied the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent and the standby of at least 1,500 active-duty soldiers near Minneapolis to tactics meant to intimidate dissent.
- He defined oligarchy as wealth dominating the economy, media, and politics, criticized media concentration on CBS, and highlighted Zohran Mamdani’s New York City victory as proof of grassroots power.