Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) publicly urged Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) not to run for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat, taking to X on Thursday afternoon following reports of her expected candidacy announcement.

He wrote in continued support of liberal oyster farmer candidate Graham Platner, whose political outsider, working-class campaign has received national recognition.

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“Graham Platner is a great working class candidate for Senate in Maine who will defeat Susan Collins,” Sanders wrote on X . “It’s disappointing that some Democratic leade

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