Bernie Sanders

No, President Trump, we don't want you or any other king to rule us.

Thank you very much.

but we will maintain our democratic form of society.

We will not move toward authoritarianism in America.

We, the people, will rule.

This moment is not just about one man's greed, one man's corruption, or one man's contempt for the Constitution.

This is about a handful of the wealthiest people on earth who, in their insatiable greed, have hijacked our economy and our political system in order to enrich themselves at the expense of working families throughout this country.

I am talking about Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos,

Mark Zuckerberg, and the other multi-billionaires, the very same billionaires who funded his campaign, who have bestowed gifts upon him, and who have seen huge increases in their wealth and power since Trump took office.

We rejected the divine right of kings in the 1770s.

We will not

except the divine right of oligarchs today.

Senator Sanders, beloved Brooklyn Dodgers.

The Home Team Act would have saved the Seattle Supersonics.

The Home Team Act would have saved the Houston Oilers.

The Home Team Act would have kept the A's and the Raiders in Oakland.

The Home Team Act would make sure that the Spurs...

stay in my home district in San Antonio.

And even when teams don't actually move, the threat of moving sets off a race to the bottom.

Billionaire owners pit taxpayers against one another and then extort the government for billions of dollars.