To say that Bernie Sanders went all in with Maine’s Graham Platner is an understatement. Despite the Nazi ink, rape fantasies, and grotesque behavior, Bernie never wavered, insisting that Platner would absolutely, positively be in the United States Senate.  Even as other Democrats bailed on the so-called oyster farmer, Sanders stood firm. Until he didn’t. On Tuesday, Bernie Sanders finally advised his protégé to step aside.  

In a highly unusual move, Democrat John Fetterman demanded that his fellow Democrat apologize for promoting such a horrendous and despicable man. Fetterman accused Sanders of ‘pushing this kind of predator more than anyone.’

 

So Bernie is down, but not quite out.  His next big test comes in Michigan, where he is backing Abdul El-Sayed.  While Graham Platner is odious personally, it’s El-Sayed’s anti-American radicalism that carries a rancid stench. Last month he celebrated the opening of a mosque with a Muslim cleric who denies the horrors of the Holocaust and praises Hamas’ slaughter of Israelis. El-Sayed has also campaigned alongside podcaster Hasan Piker, who notoriously declared that the USA deserved the 9/11 terror attack.

Simply put, nominally-Jewish Bernie Sanders is throwing in with a man who hangs with virulent antisemites who despise both Israel and America. Beyond that, El-Sayed has repeatedly called himself a ‘physician,’ which he is not.  But who cares? Abdul El-Sayed shares Bernie’s radical positions.

Namely:

- No voter ID

- Defund the police

- Government-run health care

- Abolish ICE.  Not mere reform, but total elimination

- Supreme Court ‘reform,’ a code word for packing the court

Abdul El-Sayed has another prominent socialist in his corner - he’ll soon be out campaigning with Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  They are all looking ahead to August 4th and the Democratic primary, where El-Sayed will face slightly-less-radical Democrat Haley Stevens.  The winner will then take on Republican Mike Rogers, former FBI agent and Congressman.  If El-Sayed is elected to the Senate, it will be a sign that Bernie Sanders retains his sway over Democratic voters.  But if he goes down in flames, so will Bernie’s already-tarnished reputation. 

Bernie Sanders would perhaps retreat to one of his three homes to ponder what comes next.  Or he could vacation in the country where he and his wife honeymooned in 1988.  Oh, never mind.  The Soviet Union has disintegrated, much like Bernie’s fantasy of a socialist utopia in the United States.