As Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress attempt to advance legislation to give massive tax breaks to billionaires and undermine Social Security, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Social Security,

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Sanders says he’s not running for President again, but the 83-year-old Vermont senator has emerged as a leader of the anti-Trump resistance.

At 83 years old, Bernie Sanders has emerged as an unlikely leader of the Democratic resistance to Donald Trump

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said the U.S. has become an "oligarchic society" while responding to President Donald Trump's address to a joint Congress on Tuesday evening. (Credit: Senator Bernie Sander

Vt., walked out of President Trump's congressional speech early and vowed that a speech he will deliver will 'be better'

For now, at least, Sanders stands alone as the only elected official willing — or perhaps able — to mount a national campaign to harness the fear and anger of the sprawling anti-Trump movement.

At 83 years old, Sanders is not running for president again. But the stooped and silver-haired democratic socialist has emerged as a leader of the resistance to Donald Trump's second presidency.

Sanders uses “left” rhetoric and demagogy to channel growing popular anger against Trump’s fascist policies back behind the Democratic Party, while covering for the Democrats’ role in facilitating the attacks and attempting to whip up support for economic nationalism and imperialist war.

There has been no centralized movement to organize the anti-Trump resistance. Beyond Sanders’ tour, angry voters have so far relied on grassroots groups like Indivisible to organize a series of local protests.