{"id":2375616,"date":"2024-12-02T17:06:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T22:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-stuns-by-declaring-elon-musk-is-right\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T17:08:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T22:08:04","slug":"bernie-sanders-stuns-by-declaring-elon-musk-is-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-stuns-by-declaring-elon-musk-is-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders Stuns by Declaring &#8216;Elon Musk Is Right&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbernie-sanders-stuns-by-declaring-elon-musk-is-right%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2375616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Bernie Sanders, an autonomous from Vermont, has expressed growing frustration with both Republican and Democratic parties, particularly due to his past experience with the Democratic presidential nomination process in 2016.Recently, he took an unexpected stance by supporting statements made\u200b by \u200cElon Musk regarding the Pentagon&#8217;s budget, which he criticized for its excessive waste and lack of accountability. Sanders highlighted that \u2063the Pentagon had failed its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-and-ramaswamy-reveal-top-four-things-to-know-about-doge-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Musk and Ramaswamy reveal top four things to know about DOGE - Washington Examiner\">seventh consecutive audit<\/a> and called for reform in how military spending is managed. His endorsement of \u200bMusk&#8217;s views on cutting government waste, especially concerning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-hoft-from-tgp-presents-at-transform-washington-on-january-6-web-conference-video\/\" title=\"Joe Hoft from TGP Presents at \u201cTransform Washington on January 6\u201d Web conference (VIDEO)\">military-industrial complex<\/a>, sparked \u200dsurprise and mixed reactions\u2062 across social media, with some conservatives welcoming his comments while others \u2062criticized him\u2064 for not actively\u2062 pushing for political change.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is no fan of Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>But the outspoken 83-year-old liberal also has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bernie-sanders-take-shot-kamala-harris-senator-drops-bomb-democrats-stunning-dnc-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">very little love lost<\/a> when it comes to his own former party, the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>(From every indication, Sanders still harbors resentment over the way he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/clinton-staffers-mocked-royal-majesty-king-bernie-sanders-private-jet-use-2016-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unceremoniously<\/a> passed over for the Democrat presidential nomination in 2016, in favor of failed presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hillary-clinton-defends-infamous-deplorables-comment-takes-even\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>As much as Sanders is still no fan of conservatism, his disdain for the current state of the Democratic Party appears to be reaching a tipping point.<\/p>\n<p>So festering is Sanders&rsquo; frustration of the current political climate, he chose &mdash; perhaps &mdash; the strangest bedfellow imaginable: eccentric billionaire, tech mogul, and co-chair of the Department of Government Efficiency, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-buying-msnbc-social-media-world-jumps-conclusions-noticing-familiar-question-billionaire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Seriously.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out Sanders&rsquo; viral endorsement of Musk below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Elon Musk is right.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It&rsquo;s lost track of billions.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defense budget full of waste and fraud.<\/p>\n<p>That must change.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/1863268770371772863?\">December 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Elon Musk is right,&rdquo; Sanders posted to X on Sunday. &ldquo;The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It&rsquo;s lost track of billions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defense budget full of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pentagon-paid-indicted-arms-dealer-1-billion-shocking-move-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">waste and fraud<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders bluntly concluded: &ldquo;That must change.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, one of the core functions of the newly minted DOGE that Musk and ex-GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy oversee is to cut government waste.<\/p>\n<p>While the two have rattled off all manner of potential budgetary government cuts, the Pentagon&rsquo;s out-of-control budgetary issues have been a chief target of their rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>And Sanders clearly agrees &mdash; much to the surprise of social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Has hell frozen over?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1863279670810030286?\">December 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">massive conservative content creator &#038;ldquo<\/a>;End Wokeness&rdquo; replied to Sanders with a question.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Has hell frozen over?&rdquo; the user asked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Glad you realized Elon Musk is not the problem.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is the federal government which has wasted and lost trillions of dollars of taxpayer money.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1863282485360017884?\">December 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Glad you realized Elon Musk is not the problem,&rdquo; conservative reporter Collin Rugg chimed in. &ldquo;The problem is the federal government which has wasted and lost trillions of dollars of taxpayer money.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Matt Gaetz seemingly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1863280142987997334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">embraced<\/a> Sanders: &ldquo;Welcome home, Bernie.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Are we uniting? Or are you about to get cancelled by the left,&rdquo; another conservative X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/akafacehots\/status\/1863275914051690644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Did Bernie vote for Trump?&rdquo; one X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GuntherEagleman\/status\/1863283067466531221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I didn&rsquo;t see this coming,&rdquo; another X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RedWave_Press\/status\/1863279179850019256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One X user who did not express surprise? The user who owns the whole platform, Musk himself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\">&#127482;&#127480;&#127482;&#127480;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1863297860651069586?\">December 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-senator-gives-musk-ramaswamy-head-start-cutting-trillions-government-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musk<\/a> simply replied to Sanders with a pair of United States flag emojis.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone was thrilled with Sanders&rsquo; statements.<\/p>\n<p>While his own supporters were obviously mortified with &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/musk-ramaswamy-lay-exact-plan-destroying-federal-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Mus<\/a>k is right,&rdquo; not every conservative on X was buying the message either.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Instead of posting [on social media], VOTE to approve Republican nominees,&rdquo; one unimpressed X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cernovich\/status\/1863305573816766906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a>. &ldquo;Which you won&rsquo;t do. You&rsquo;re a feckless old man who posts something now-and-then, but when it&rsquo;s time to use political power, you do what the military industrial complex orders you to.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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It seems that he still feels bitter about being overlooked for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 in favor of Hillary Clinton. While Sanders continues to oppose conservatism, his frustration with the current Democratic Party appears to be escalating. This discontent led him to align himself unexpectedly with Elon Musk, an eccentric billionaire and tech mogul who co-chairs the Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders expressed his agreement with Musk on social media, stating that the Pentagon&#8217;s $886 billion budget has failed its seventh audit and lost track of billions. He criticized Congress for allowing wasteful spending within the Military Industrial Complex and called for change.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&#8217;s initiative aims to reduce government waste, particularly targeting issues within Pentagon budgeting. 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