Too Bonkers for Bernie: Even Sanders Won’t Touch This Socialist Train Wreck – RedState– redstate.com

As the midterm primary season keeps rolling along, it’s becoming more and more obvious that socialist candidates are having an electoral moment. Riding high on endorsements from the king of the socialists himself, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), avowed socialists like Donavan McKinney in Michigan’s 13th congressional district and Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race have emerged victorious from their primaries.

Getting the Bernie Sanders seal of approval can make or break a budding Marxist politician – and he’s usually more than happy to endorse them all.

All except one.

It turns out that there’s a socialist candidate whose bonkers behavior is too much for even Bernie Sanders.

Before the big revelation, keep in mind that Sanders has previously endorsed Democrats like Jamaal Bowman, the infamous Capitol fire alarm puller who has dabbled in 9/11 conspiracy theories, and Cori Bush, the former Squad member who thought she could heal the sick.

The socialist candidate who has fallen short of Bernie’s approval is none other than Francesa Hong. Sanders revealed on the far-left Pod Save America show – hosted by two former Barack Obama staffers who apparently are the pinnacle of Democrat bro-dom – that he’s just not that into Hong.

Bernie on whether he’ll endorse Hong:

“I don’t think so.” pic.twitter.com/83pBwPw545

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) August 5, 2026

Under the guise of focusing on House and Senate races, Sanders told the podcasters he’s staying out of Hong’s race to become Wisconsin governor.

Sanders noted he met Hong “a couple of years ago” and called her “very, very nice.” But the Vermont progressive added he is “not that familiar” with the race to succeed term-limited Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D).

“We have not gotten involved in many governors races. … My major concern right now is seeing that we have a Senate and a House that is going to stand up to [President] Trump,” the senator said.