Bernie Sanders campaigned for the Socialist Workers Party in the 1980 and 1984 presidential campaigns and was investigated by the FBI for his ties to the Marxist group. Sanders has always played down the extent of his involvement with the party, which included radicals who praised the Soviet Union and Cuban communists, and has denied
Bernie Sanders is a socialdemocrat. This says nothing about Bernie other than he’s a “sellout”, much like other socialdemocrats.