Fetterman Demands Sanders Apologize After Platner Quits Maine Senate Race
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 10
Fetterman Demands Sanders Apologize After Platner Quits Maine Senate Race
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 10
Summary
John Fetterman said Bernie Sanders should apologize to Maine voters and donors after Democrat Graham Platner withdrew from the Senate race amid sexual assault allegations.
On Fox News Wednesday night, Fetterman said Sanders had done “more than anyone” to elevate Platner, whose support collapsed after a former girlfriend accused him of rape—an allegation he denies.
The clash marks Fetterman’s sharpest break yet with the progressive wing that helped launch his career; Sanders had backed him in his 2018 and Senate runs.
Pennsylvania analysts called the shift dramatic, saying the Platner fight underscores Fetterman’s broader move from Sanders ally to one of the left’s most outspoken internal critics.