{"id":2396,"date":"2026-07-09T13:48:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2396"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:48:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:48:49","slug":"john-fetterman-slams-bernie-after-he-twice-endorsed-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2396","title":{"rendered":"John Fetterman Slams Bernie After He Twice Endorsed Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p>Sen. <strong>John Fetterman<\/strong> (D-PA) blasted Sen. <strong>Bernie Sanders<\/strong> (I-VT) for \u201cpushing these Communists\u201d on Fox News Wednesday, despite Sanders having backed Fetterman\u2019s successful campaigns for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor and later the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman joined the broadcast to comment on former Maine Senate hopeful <strong>Graham Platner<\/strong>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/breaking-graham-platner-posts-video-saying-hes-suspending-campaign-operations-insists-accusations-are-all-false\/\">announced<\/a> on Wednesday that he would drop out of the race against incumbent Sen. <strong>Susan Collins<\/strong> (R-ME) after a slew of major allegations of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Democrats, like, saw in that trash bag \u2014 what did they see in that guy?\u201d Fetterman told Fox News\u2019 <strong>Charlie Hurt<\/strong>, who then asked the Pennsylvania senator to be more specific about which Democratic leaders he thinks shoulder the blame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBernie Sanders needs to apologize to the voters of Maine and to, you know, everyone who donated to that trainwreck of a campaign,\u201d Fetterman responded, emphasizing that in his eyes, Sanders \u201cpushed\u201d Platner to run \u201cmore than anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe keeps pushing these Communists and these kinda awful anti-American people, so there\u2019s plenty of those people that have to humble themselves, you know, humble yourself and stop pushing, you know, these kinds of people on people in my party,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Sanders backed Fetterman during his 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesanews.org\/politics-government\/2018-07-12\/bernie-sanders-returns-to-pittsburgh-to-stump-for-john-fetterman\">Pennsylvania lieutenant governor campaign<\/a> and his 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc27.com\/pennsylvania\/bernie-sanders-to-campaign-with-john-fetterman-in-pennsylvania\/\">Senate run<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While prominent Democrats, including Sens. <strong>Elizabeth Warren<\/strong> (D-MA) and Sanders, initially stood by Platner after former girlfriend <strong>Lyndsey Fifield<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/04\/us\/politics\/platner-maine-senate-girlfriends-relationships.html\">accused<\/a> him of physical abuse \u2014 allegations he denied \u2014 support evaporated after a POLITICO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/06\/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737\">report<\/a> in which another ex-girlfriend, <strong>Jenny Racicot<\/strong>, accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. Platner denied Racicot\u2019s allegations as \u201ctroubling, serious, and false,\u201d but Sanders and other Democrats soon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/bernie-sanders-throws-platner-under-the-bus-after-months-of-heavy-support-should-step-aside\/\">called on him to end his campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have spoken with Graham Platner about the best path forward for Maine. In light of these very serious allegations, I have recommended that he step aside,\u201d read Sanders\u2019 Tuesday statement.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the clip above via Fox News.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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