Bernie Sanders Accuses AIPAC and Trump Donors of Spending Millions to Defeat Thomas Massie
May 24, 2026
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has launched an aggressive, public call-out targeting the massive flood of special-interest cash that just flooded Kentucky’s Republican primary. Sanders exposed how a powerful coalition of pro-Israel lobbying groups like AIPAC and wealthy donors linked to Donald Trump poured millions into a scorched-earth campaign to unseat Representative Thomas Massie, all because Massie refused to act as a blind rubber stamp for foreign wars and military spending.
Sanders blew the whistle on how corporate Trump donors and AIPAC aligned to dump millions into attack ads, proving that any lawmaker who challenges foreign defense funding faces political execution.
He slammed the campaign-finance system, pointing out that billionaire networks can completely fabricate or destroy political careers. He warned that just as Elon Musk targets Republicans who step out of line, megadonors and AIPAC spend unlimited cash to terrorize any Democrat or Republican who criticizes military spending or the Israeli government.
You cannot claim to have a free, democratic republic when foreign policy is bought and paid for by a handful of mega-billionaires. Turning anti-war opposition into a political death sentence doesn’t protect America, it protects the profits of defense contractors and special interests.
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS NOT FOR SALE.
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English Script:
Bernie Sanders: Here is the political reality of today, a reality that we just saw yesterday in the election in Kentucky when Congressman Thomas Massie, somebody who I have very little in common with politically, was defeated by $9 million in contributions from AIPAC and $7 million from Trump Mega-Donors. And what was the great crime that Massie committed, that gendered, so much superPAC money in opposition to him? Well, he opposed the war in Iran, and so do the vast majority of the American people. He demanded that the Epstein files be open, which is what the American people have wanted. And he refused. What a crime. What an outrage to be a rubberstamp for Donald Trump. Let’s be honest. The reality is that any candidate today who stands up to the I industry, the crypto to a PAC and other special interest will be hit with an onslaught of TV ads and social media attacks paid for by the richest people in this country.
