--- title: Trump Inauguration: Bernie Sanders Vows to Fight description: Bernie Sanders shared a message of encouragement to his supporters, urging them not to despair on the day of Donald Trump's inauguration. canonical: https://time.com/4640805/donald-trump-inauguration-bernie-sanders/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-20T15:45:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:49:59.796Z article:section: Politics og:title: Sanders Has a Message on Trump's Inauguration Day: 'We Are Not Giving Up' og:description: "Our response has got to be not to throw up our hands in despair" og:url: https://time.com/4640805/donald-trump-inauguration-bernie-sanders/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06e196c71b092c98/6988b659a988ca5bdc6bab32/gettyimages-628291206.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Sen. Sanders, Schumer, And House Minority Leader Pelosi Present Petition Demanding Trump And GOP Not Change Medicare Benefits og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sanders Has a Message on Trump's Inauguration Day: 'We Are Not Giving Up' twitter:description: "Our response has got to be not to throw up our hands in despair" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06e196c71b092c98/6988b659a988ca5bdc6bab32/gettyimages-628291206.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bernie Sanders Has a Message on Donald Trump's Inauguration Day: 'We Are Not Giving Up' > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. TIME is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: August 2026. ## TIME D.C. Brief: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition D.C. Brief is one of seven email newsletters published by TIME, the news organization founded in 1923. 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Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a press conference on Medicare benefits on Capitol Hill December 7, 2016 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jan 20, 2017 3:45 PM UTC Bernie Sanders shared a message of encouragement to his supporters on Friday morning, urging them not to despair on [the day](http://time.com/4639340/donald-trump-inauguration-events-schedule/) of President-elect [Donald Trump](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump/)‘s [inauguration](http://time.com/4640028/donald-trump-inauguration-watch-livestream-online/). “Today is going to be a tough day for millions of Americans, including myself. But our response has got to be not to throw up our hands in despair, not to give up, but in fact to fight back as effectively and vigorously as we can,” the Vermont senator said in a video posted to Twitter. “And our job is to keep our eyes on the prize. And the prize is that we will continue fighting for a government that represents all of us, and not just the 1%. And we’re going to go forward in the fight for economic, social, environmental and racial justice. That’s who we are. That’s what we’re going to do. We are not giving up.” Since his unsuccessful primary campaign against [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-hillary-clinton-runner-up/), Sanders has remained vocal as a staunch opponent to Trump. > [](https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/822460180432420866) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4640805/donald-trump-inauguration-bernie-sanders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4640805/donald-trump-inauguration-bernie-sanders/"},"headline":"Bernie Sanders Has a Message on Donald Trump's Inauguration Day: 'We Are Not Giving Up'","datePublished":"2017-01-20T15:45:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:49:59.796Z","description":"\"Our response has got to be not to throw up our hands in despair\"","url":"https://time.com/4640805/donald-trump-inauguration-bernie-sanders/","keywords":["Congress","Senate","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06e196c71b092c98/6988b659a988ca5bdc6bab32/gettyimages-628291206.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06e196c71b092c98/6988b659a988ca5bdc6bab32/gettyimages-628291206.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sen. 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