Bernie Sanders

U.S. Senator from Vermont who discussed mail-in ballots before the 2020 election

Bernie Sanders (U.S. Senator from Vermont who discussed mail-in ballots before the 2020 election) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Gaza war, Campaign finance in the United States, AI existential risk.

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Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.

Gaza war

  • Sanders rejects the claim that criticizing the Netanyahu government's policies makes someone antisemitic.

    “if you are critical of the horrific policies of the Netanyahu government, you are somehow an anti-Semite. And that is totally absurd”

    Pod Save America: Bernie vs. the Robots (May 3, 2026) · Listen from 27:12

  • Sanders says he has concluded that Israel's campaign in Gaza is a genocidal attack.

    “And what people, including myself, I think have concluded, this is a genocidal attack”

    Pod Save America: Bernie vs. the Robots (May 3, 2026) · Listen from 22:05

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Campaign finance in the United States

  • Sanders calls on Democrats to bar super PAC money from their presidential and congressional primaries.

    “Democrats within Democratic primaries, their presidential primaries, as well as congressional and other primaries, got to get super PAC money out of those primaries”

    Pod Save America: Bernie vs. the Robots (May 3, 2026) · Listen from 12:41

  • Sanders argues that AI industry super PAC spending intimidates candidates who might support regulation, linking AI to a corrupt campaign finance system.

    “I got a $10 million check going in to negative ads against you, which takes us, John, from the dangers of AI to a corrupt campaign finance system”

    Pod Save America: Bernie vs. the Robots (May 3, 2026) · Listen from 11:57

Bernie Sanders on Campaign finance in the United States →

AI existential risk

  • Sanders rejects framing AI as a race with China, saying the priority is scientists preventing the technology from escaping human control.

    “This is not a race with China. This is a question of scientists sitting down and figuring out how we can prevent this technology from escaping human control”

    Pod Save America: Bernie vs. the Robots (May 3, 2026) · Listen from 7:57

  • Sanders argues that AI and robotics are the most revolutionary technologies in human history.

    “it is clear to me that AI and robotics are the most revolutionary technologies in the history of humanity”

    Pod Save America: Bernie vs. the Robots (May 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:40

Bernie Sanders on AI existential risk →

2026 United States Senate election in Maine

  • Sanders praises Graham Platner's campaign as brilliant and comparable to Zohran Mamdani's anti-oligarchy campaign in New York.

    “he has run a brilliant campaign to my mind, not dissimilar, Maine is obviously a very rural state, but not radically dissimilar from what Mamdani did”

    Pod Save America: Bernie vs. the Robots (May 3, 2026) · Listen from 25:06

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Technological unemployment

  • Sanders argues that retraining and unemployment benefits are insufficient because workers displaced by automation may never find new jobs.

    “You're a 50-year-old truck driver today, and you're replaced by a driverless vehicle. Where are you going to go out and get a job?”

    Pod Save America: Bernie vs. the Robots (May 3, 2026) · Listen from 19:31

Bernie Sanders on Technological unemployment →

Appearances

  • Bernie vs. the Robots

    Pod Save America · May 3, 2026 · 1 h 16 min

    Jon Lovett interviews Bernie Sanders on AI risk, super PAC money and Israel arms sales, then Peter Hamby on left-wing political violence, Maine and California races.

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