Sanders says he does not regret supporting Graham Platner in Maine Senate race

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday said he did not regret supporting former Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) after a former girlfriend’s accusations of sexual assault came to light and led the progressive candidate to drop his bid.

CBS News’s Margaret Brennan asked Sanders about his support for Platner on Sunday’s “Face the Nation,” asking if he regretted his support and if acting sooner would “have given you a leg up” with Platner’s eventual replacement as Maine’s Democratic nominee, Troy Jackson.

“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 the candidates he is backing in the midterm elections have been vetted. Sanders initially said he did not know “who has to be ‘fully vetted.'”

“Well, all I know is, Margaret, the candidates that we are supporting are........

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