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PC Gamer
Andy Chalk

Bernie Sanders is mad about the Xbox layoffs

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 01: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) talks to reporters as he heads for a vote at the U.S. Capitol on June 01, 2026 in Washington, DC. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Senate Republicans are navigating President Donald Trump's "anti-weaponization" fund and its impact on passing a reconciliation bill this week. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images).

US senator Bernie Sanders is famous as not-exactly-a-friend of powerful corporations: He's previously called for OpenAI to be broken up, for instance, and earlier this year announced a bill that would pause the construction of data centers in the US, to give lawmakers a chance to catch up with, and regulate, AI companies.

But AI isn't Sanders' only PC-centric bugaboo: He's also pretty pissed off about the Xbox situation.

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