Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Saturday his latest rally with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on their "Fighting Oligarchy" tour was also their largest with a stop in downtown Los Angeles before a massive crowd of supporters.
"Your presence here today is making Donald Trump and Elon Musk very nervous," the 83-year-old independent, who caucuses with Democrats, said to loud cheers, adding about 36,000 attended the event.
Sanders mentioned that after their last rally in Denver, Colorado, in March, which was slightly smaller than Saturday's in LA, Tesla CEO and DOGE policy advisor Musk claimed most of those in attendance were "paid organizers."
"Anybody here being paid to come today?" asked Sanders, who was met with shouts of "no!" from the crowd assembled at LA City ...