{"id":1058,"date":"2026-07-08T19:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2026-07-08T19:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:42:12","slug":"fetterman-calls-out-bernie-sanders-for-elevating-predator-platner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1058","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman Calls Out Bernie Sanders For Elevating \u2018Predator\u2019 Platner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) called out Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), arguing that he was part of the push to elevate embattled Maine Democrat Graham Platner.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1057\">SEE IT: Compare Swalwell, Platner\u2019s Nearly Identical Denials<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Platner, who is Maine\u2019s Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, has faced a litany of scandals since he entered the race \u2014 from a Nazi-inspired tattoo and dubious social media history to multiple accusations of troubling behavior and even rape. Fetterman told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Monday that Sanders ought to apologize for so aggressively pushing Platner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) on Bernie Sanders support for Graham Platner:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly I would really call Bernie Sanders to apologize for pushing this kind of predator more than anyone he helped elected\u201d pic.twitter.com\/qMnv3HY4H4<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) July 8, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ingraham noted that almost across the board \u2014 with few exceptions, of which Fetterman was one \u2014 the Democratic Party had been all too willing to ignore the questionable items in Platner\u2019s history, and she asked whether any of them should be held responsible for the ensuing situation.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1055\">Judge Who Helped Illegal Evade ICE Gets No Prison Time<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI refused to overlook that,\u201d Fetterman replied. \u201cBut honestly, I would really call Bernie Sanders to apologize for pushing this kind of predator \u2014 more than anyone he helped [to] elect \u2014 and now apologize to the victims, especially the woman that she claimed that he raped her, so I don\u2019t know why you want to keep pushing these kinds of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe he should consider [sitting] a few out and stop pushing these kinds of communists, and now people like P. Hustle, now he has been credibly accused of rape \u2014 and that\u2019s fairly recent, too, that was only less than five years ago,\u201d Fetterman continued.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman has repeatedly challenged members of his own party over their support for Platner \u2014 and has argued that the scandals, even before the rape accusation, should have been disqualifying.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1053\">The Fraudster Suspect The FBI Is Now Hunting Across The Globe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) called out Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), arguing that he was part of the push to elevate embattled Maine Democrat Graham Platner.Platner, who is Maine\u2019s Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, has faced a litany of scandals since he entered the race \u2014 from a Nazi-inspired tattoo and dubious social media history to multiple accusations of troubling behavior and even rape. Fetterman told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Monday that Sanders ought to apologize for so aggressively pushing Platner.WATCH:Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) on Bernie Sanders support for Graham Platner:\u201cHonestly I would really call Bernie Sanders to apologize for pushing this kind of predator more than anyone he helped elected\u201d pic.twitter.com\/qMnv3HY4H4\u2014 DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) July 8, 2026Ingraham noted that almost across the board \u2014 with few exceptions, of which Fetterman was one \u2014 the Democratic Party had been all too willing to ignore the questionable items in Platner\u2019s history, and she asked whether any of them should be held responsible for the ensuing situation.\u201cI refused to overlook that,\u201d Fetterman replied. \u201cBut honestly, I would really call Bernie Sanders to apologize for pushing this kind of predator \u2014 more than anyone he helped [to] elect \u2014 and now apologize to the victims, especially the woman that she claimed that he raped her, so I don\u2019t know why you want to keep pushing these kinds of people.\u201d\u201cMaybe he should consider [sitting] a few out and stop pushing these kinds of communists, and now people like P. Hustle, now he has been credibly accused of rape \u2014 and that\u2019s fairly recent, too, that was only less than five years ago,\u201d Fetterman continued.Fetterman has repeatedly challenged members of his own party over their support for Platner \u2014 and has argued that the scandals, even before the rape accusation, should have been disqualifying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fetterman Calls Out Bernie Sanders For Elevating \u2018Predator\u2019 Platner - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1058\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fetterman Calls Out Bernie Sanders For Elevating \u2018Predator\u2019 Platner - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) called out Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), arguing that he was part of the push to elevate embattled Maine Democrat Graham Platner.Platner, who is Maine\u2019s Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, has faced a litany of scandals since he entered the race \u2014 from a Nazi-inspired tattoo and dubious social media history to multiple accusations of troubling behavior and even rape. Fetterman told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Monday that Sanders ought to apologize for so aggressively pushing Platner.WATCH:Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) on Bernie Sanders support for Graham Platner:\u201cHonestly I would really call Bernie Sanders to apologize for pushing this kind of predator more than anyone he helped elected\u201d pic.twitter.com\/qMnv3HY4H4\u2014 DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) July 8, 2026Ingraham noted that almost across the board \u2014 with few exceptions, of which Fetterman was one \u2014 the Democratic Party had been all too willing to ignore the questionable items in Platner\u2019s history, and she asked whether any of them should be held responsible for the ensuing situation.\u201cI refused to overlook that,\u201d Fetterman replied. \u201cBut honestly, I would really call Bernie Sanders to apologize for pushing this kind of predator \u2014 more than anyone he helped [to] elect \u2014 and now apologize to the victims, especially the woman that she claimed that he raped her, so I don\u2019t know why you want to keep pushing these kinds of people.\u201d\u201cMaybe he should consider [sitting] a few out and stop pushing these kinds of communists, and now people like P. 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