Almost nine months after U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont came to Maine to announce his support for gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson and U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner — who at the time was a little known oyster farmer — the three rallied in Portland again on Monday to talk about their plans to make government work for the average person.
“We can have an economy and a government that works for the 99% and not just the 1%,” Platner told the hundreds of attendees who gathered at Thompson’s Point, “but we are not going to get any of this
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