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Steve Cortes, the senior political advisor for CatholicVote, said U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and "other dishonest communists hate faith generally, and Christianity specifically."

His comments were in response to a Kenosha Reporter report that a Sanders' pre-election rally in Kenosha, Wisc. featured a cross-dressing singer who led the crowd in a song with the words, “Does your god have a big, fat d***?”

"It’s shocking but actually consistent that communist Bernie Sanders would choose a so-called entertainer who viciously mocks sincere people of faith," said Cortes. “Bernie Sanders and other dishonest communists hate faith generally, and Christianity specifically, because they know that God-fearing citizens can never be subdued by their toxic Marxism.”

Cortes is a political advisor and commentator. He previously traded global currencies and interest rates for 25 years for large international hedge funds. He has been an on-air broadcaster for CNBC, Fox News, and CNN. CatholicVote is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that focuses on mobilizing Catholic voters.

A self-described “democratic socialist,” Sanders held rallies in Kenosha and Altoona on March 7 and 8. 

The rallies come just weeks before the state’s voters head to the polls to select a new justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

The rally singer was “Laura Jane Grace”, whose birth name is Thomas James Gabel, a male cross-dressing musician and lead singer of the punk rock band, “Against Me!” 

Gabel is also author of the 2016 book, “Tranny: Confessions Of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout." At a May 2016 concert in Durham, N.C., Gabel set his birth certificate on fire in protest of a North Carolina bill to prohibit men from using womens’ bathrooms.

He previously played at a fundraiser for Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign. 

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held two rallies in Wisconsin just weeks before the state’s voters head to the polls to select a new justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

A self-described “democratic socialist,” Sanders held rallies in Kenosha and Altoona on March 7 and 8. 

Before the rally even began, the Republican Party of Wisconsin said state Supreme Court Candidate Susan Crawford and the state Democratic Party were “out of touch” for “desperately turning to the far-left extremist” Sanders. 

“Let’s not forget that Bernie Sanders is a self-identified democratic socialist, endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America during his presidential run,” said the Wisconsin GOP in a press release. “He’s championed policies like abolishing Voter ID, ending cash bail, ending mandatory sentencing minimums, halting deportations, and abolishing ICE —things that are a total slap in the face to Wisconsin voters.”

U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI-01) said Sanders was on a “fear mongering tour.”

“Democratic socialist Senator Sanders’ fear mongering tour comes to Wisconsin today to try to sell open borders, reckless spending and boys in girls' sports,” said Steil in a press release. “In Wisconsin we want secure borders, control of spending and boys out of girls' sports.”

The upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election on April 1, 2025, will determine the successor to retiring liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. Crawford, a liberal, is currently a Dane County Circuit Court Judge. She is running against Brad Schimel, a Waukesha County Circuit Court judge and Wisconsin’s former Republican Attorney General. 

Crawford, who is endorsed by Planned Parenthood, also is supported by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) and far-left activist billionaire George Soros.  

Schimel's campaign, in a post on X, said "while Susan Crawford leans on Bernie Sanders and George Soros, Brad is meeting with voters of all walks of life in every corner of the state."