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Progressive Sen Bernie Sanders A former punk rock musician supports the Democratic candidate for New York City Secretary, who has a history of bringing racist, sexist and homophobic statements online, according to a review by Fox News Digital.
Sanders backed Democrat Justin Brannan New York City A councillor currently running for director general, saying he will fight corruption and support the working class. Brannan’s campaign website states that in the music scene he comes up, “people look for each other and pick each other up when they fall.”
Brannan says he brought these values ​​into his job as a New York City councillor and that he would do as city director.
However, reviews of statements made on several music list serves over the years as a punk rocker in the ’90s showcase a very different set of values, including statements that ock laugh at Puerto Ricans, Asians, gays and others.
On two different occasions in 1999, Brannan uses the n-word to write, “yo n —- represents Kennedy and Social D, who died in “siring of echoes”” and “yo-yo, this swiz n — is deep.”
Progressive Senator Bernie Sanders on the left supported New York City Secretary Justin Brannan (right). (Flagrant YouTube channel; Justin Brannan via Wikimedia Commons)
In a 1998 post, Brannan also spoke of an interview with a now-deprecated music publication. He said he liked to shave his head and explained, “I want it to be great and trimmed like the Nazis.”
He then added, “When I hit my b—- I find myself even more intimidating with my shaved head.”
Brannan also laughs at Asians, writing in a 1999 post that “Chinese people can’t drive,” and in another post, “things you never see” is “Chinese driving instructor.” That same year, he laughed “Murder: Living on the Street” Yaphet Kotto, an actor and from New York City, wrote, “Yaphet Koto? Yum. I love brown rice.”
The Democratic candidate was also repeatedly sparred with a disabled list member and said, “If you’re really lame, it’s pretty funny. Do you guess what I did today? Was I walking around town? Hahahaha!
Brannan was accused of bullying autistic colleagues while as a New York City government employee along with other city employees. According to reports New York Postofficials received a $850,000 court settlement paid by the city in 2021.
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As someone who runs along the Hudson River in Jersey City, New York, the sun sets over the skyline of Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City. (Gary Harshawn/Getty Images)
In 1999, Immediately after returning from the show Puerto RicoBrannan said, “Everyone in Puerto Rico has guns and doesn’t wear underwear.”
Brannan also constantly uses anti-gay slur to make jokes like humiliating others or writing “You’re a f ——loser f–.” “He said he was going to see some punk shows at Coney Island,” and “Email me you –“
The New York City primary is scheduled for Tuesday, June 24th. Brannan is running to replace the current city secretary Bloodlander, who is running for mayor of New York City. He was arrested by federal authorities It is allegedly prevented the arrest of immigration enforcement.
Democratic mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo, left, Zoran Mamdani, right, presents the argument that Whitney Tilson is making eye contact in a major debate in New York on June 4, 2025, during a major debate between the Democratic mayor. (AP photo/Yuki Iwamura, pool)
Sanders has also approved candidates for New York City Zoran Mamdania member of the American Democratic Socialists.
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Neither Brannan’s nor Sanders’ office responded to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment ahead of the publication deadline.
