In a video posted online, Sanders began his response by refuting what he called Trump's most damaging lie during his speech: that being the claims about centuries-old dead people being sent Social Security checks, denying the the president's claim outright and claiming that he is setting up for an attack on the Social Security program.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says “these are the scariest times in my life” because of Elon Musk’s growing power and what the former presidential candidate described as both an “oligarchy” and “the movement toward authoritarianism.