Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) blasted “establishment-type” candidates in a recent interview, saying they don’t “really cut it anymore” and floated Rep. Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) as a “formidable” option for Democrats to retake the White House in 2028.

Platner, running for Senate in Maine, has changed the tattoo and called antisemitism “a long scourge on our society.”

Marine earned plaudits from some Democrats. Now his comments risk their chances of defeating incumbent Republican senator

Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is refusing to drop his adamant support for Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite revelations that the candidate’s chest tattoo appears to be connected to Nazi symbolism.

Dem Senate candidate Graham Platner covered a Nazi-linked tattoo after backlash over old posts and apologized but refused to quit as rivals demand he drop out.

Despite controversies that include Reddit posts calling himself a communist and a tattoo that resembled a Nazi symbol, Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner leads Maine Gov. Janet Mills in a very early look at Maine’s Democratic primary for Senate , reveals a new poll from the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is downplaying outrage against Graham Platner, who he is backing in the Democratic Senate primary in Maine, over Platner’s controversial posts on Reddit and a