Sen.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 wanted to talk to him.
I did.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.Sen.
Bernie Sanders rejected regret over his early support for Graham Platner during an interview on CBS’ "Face the Nation." (Greta Rybus/Time Magazine)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.
"All I know is, Margaret, that the candidates that we are supporting are standing up for the working class of this country."Sanders repeatedly campaigned with Platner and continued supporting him through controversies involving offensive social media posts, a Nazi-linked tattoo, allegations of abusive conduct and reports that he exchanged explicit messages with women while married.Platner denied serious wrongdoing while apologizing for some of his past posts and opinions.When Sanders was asked in June whether he was reconsidering his endorsement following the report about the messages, he gave a two-word response."Certainly not," Sanders said, according to Fox News Digital.Graham Platner withdrew from Maine’s U.S.
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