{"id":41391,"date":"2025-05-22T12:27:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=41391"},"modified":"2025-05-22T12:27:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:27:26","slug":"sanders-endorses-working-class-champion-troy-jackson-for-maine-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/sanders-endorses-working-class-champion-troy-jackson-for-maine-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanders Endorses Working Class Champion Troy Jackson for Maine Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A screengrab from a campaign ad shows Maine Democratic gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 (Photo: Troy Jackson for Governor\/YouTube)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Troy knows what’s going on with the working class of Maine because he’s part of that working class,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JAKE JOHNSON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 21, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a> on Wednesday endorsed Troy Jackson’s Democratic gubernatorial bid in Maine, calling the former state Senate president and fifth-generation logger “different” from establishment Democrats who have abandoned the working class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The working class is under attack from oligarchs and their friends in Washington and in state capitols across the country,” Sanders (I-Vt.) said in a statement. “It’s no wonder working folks are angry. They are angry because they feel like no one is in their corner and Democrats just aren’t listening to them.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Fighting for the working class of Maine is not something new for Troy,” the Vermont senator continued. “That’s what he has done for his entire life as a logger and as a member of the Maine state legislature. Troy knows what’s going on with the working class of Maine because he’s part of that working class.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jackson, who officially announced his gubernatorial run on Monday, similarly cast himself as a departure from the Democratic status quo, declaring that “too many” members of his party “have lost touch with working people or shown they’re not up to the fight.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“All while Mainers struggle as prices rise, wages stagnate, and greedy corporations rake in record profits to buy off politicians,” Jackson said. “I know what it’s like to punch a clock, live paycheck to paycheck, be treated like I didn’t matter while some billionaire got rich off my back\u2014and how to turn that feeling of powerlessness into action.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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