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Emma Vigeland Says on Vox Podcast She Values Policy Positions Over Politicians’ Personal Character
The co-host of The Majority Report With Sam Seder made the remarks on a podcast published earlier in July 2026. The comments referenced the July 8 suspension of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner's campaign.
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Emma Vigeland said on a Vox podcast published earlier in July 2026 that she does not prioritize a politician's personal character if the candidate supports certain policies. “I don’t really care if say like Bernie Sanders or AOC go home and they’re a secret Nazi, but they go out and they vote for the right things,” Vigeland stated.
New York Post reported that Vigeland, a former Young Turks correspondent and current co-host of The Majority Report With Sam Seder podcast, is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Vigeland described her example as extreme and added that candidates represent a party's platform on issues such as taxing billionaires. She said she values those positions more than individual conduct. The remarks referenced the political collapse of Graham Platner, the Democratic Senate candidate from Maine who announced on July 8, 2026, that he was suspending his campaign operations.
Platner had a large “Totenkopf” tattoo, a symbol associated with the Nazi SS, New York Post reported.
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