Bernie Sanders rejects regret over early Graham Platner support despite ‘warning signs’
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., rejected any regret Sunday on "Face the Nation" over his early support for former Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner, saying he urged Platner to withdraw once a former girlfriend accused him of sexual assault.Host Margaret Brennan asked Sanders whether he regretted not acting sooner in response to earlier warning signs, saying that could have given Platner's replacement, former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, more time to campaign."No, I don’t think so," Sanders said. "When we heard the serious allegations made against him, I wanted to get on the phone.
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Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., rejected any regret Sunday on "Face the Nation" over his early support for former Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner, saying he urged Platner to withdraw once a former girlfriend accused him of sexual assault.Host Margaret Brennan asked Sanders whether he regretted not acting sooner in response to earlier warning signs, saying that could have given Platner's replacement, former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, more time to campaign."No, I don’t think so," Sanders said. "When we heard the serious allegations made against him, I wanted to get on the phone. I asked, along with virtually all his supporters, that he should get out of the race, and he did."Brennan pressed Sanders on whether he was confident the other progressive candidates he had endorsed had been thoroughly examined.WATCH: SANDERS LASHES OUT AT GOP ‘MORALITY’ WHILE RALLYING BEHIND DEM WITH NAZI-LINKED TATTOO"Well, look, I think, you know, there are hundreds of candidates. I don’t know who has been, quote unquote, fully vetted," Sanders said.
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- Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., rejected any regret Sunday on "Face the Nation" over his early support for former Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner, saying he urged Platner to withdraw once a former girlfriend accused him of sexual assault.Host Margaret Brennan asked Sanders whether he regretted not acting sooner in response to earlier warning signs, saying that could have given Platner's replacement, former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, more time to campaign."No, I don’t think so," Sanders said. "When we heard the serious allegations made against him, I wanted to get on the phone.
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