Dirty little secret – the flames that are arguably ending Graham Platner’s U.S. Senate candidacy were fanned by Democrats, not Republicans.
It was the Democrat establishment that spent months planting stories about Platner’s sordid past, not Republicans.
Republicans actually prefer to run their candidate Susan Collins against Platner, who they think comes across as two radical for the average Mainer.
Mills is a much harder candidate for five-term Collins to beat.
Sure, Graham Platner is a new face, half Janet Mills’ age, energetic, youthful, filled with ideas designed to help the working class and – the best part – take down the establishment that’s running the Democratic Party into oblivion.
That, precisely, is why Democrat leadership secretly opposes Graham Platner – they’re afraid of losing their status at the hands of some young, brash four-war-tour military veteran who appeals to, drum roll, working Mainers and yes, older women.
That’s been Platner’s key base – older women. They adore the guy. He’s like a bad son needing a good spanking. They can “fix” him.
It’s leadership that can’t stand Graham Platner.
So they’ve successfully, seemingly, taken him down.
And by the way, their sudden handwringing over Platner’s allegedly raping a girlfriend?
Puh-leez.
What they’re really worried about is not Platner’s treatment of women, it’s that they realize with him as the candidate they could very well lose the senate race, as Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, pointed out Monday.
Platner holds all the cards now.
He can remain the Democrat candidate because voters chose him (overwhelmingly) over Mills.
No one can force him to resign. “Maine Dems have no legal authority whatsoever to pull Platner off the ballot,” points out Steve Robinson, editor-in-chief of The Maine Wire.
Platner can resign by choice and if he decides to do that he must do it by July 13.
But he can also tell the party f*** you and stay in the race.
If he’s really the renegade working-class candidate that he claims to be that’s exactly what he should do.
Leadership did Graham Platner no favors.
Now he can return the “favor.”
The Democrat Party Machine ousted Cabbage Head Joe Biden and installed THEIR candidate Kamala Harris .
They pulled THAT ONE off .
Why wouldn’t they think that they shouldn’t try the same thing with Porta Potty Platner ?
Once again the party rules . Voters are less than secondary .
They’ll do ANYTHING to win .
Spot-on story. This story hits the nail on the head. The only part left out of the story is HOW MUCH MONEY THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO GIVE HIM TO GET HIM TO LEAVE THE RACE. Don’t forget that Shenna Bellows tied her campaign for governor to his. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren both think he’s the perfect Democrat poster child.
What happens to any account balance his campaign has? Debts must be paid but the residual? I think George Mitchell kept his balance. (and started a Foundation)
I’m hoping he does stay in the race
Platner will do EXACTLY what the Democratic Leadership tells him to do.Make no.mistske about it this stuff coming out on him before July 13 is ALL coming from Democrat sources.After July 13 the Republicans will start to do work on this guy.
I thought the burn and liz said it was ok for socialists to rap*? Maybe I misunderstood, but probably not.
I wasn’t shocked when I heard the news yesterday but I started to feel bad for the guy. He was (or still is) messed up. He’s paying for his bad behavior and lousy choices. On a human level, not a political level, I’m concerned about him so I’m praying for him, his wife, and mother. And of course, anyone he has wronged. They all could use a dose of Jesus.
porta-potty platner should stay in the race. He makes for an esay Collins victory!
I don’t think that mills will be chosen to replace him if he quits. No one likes mills, even democrats. That’s why she lost the primary! I think that they will put in bellows or pingree. They’ve got to keep the royal bloodline going and keep their rich and powerful elite in power. That’s why they took out platner in the first place.
A woman reported a rape. Why us Platner not in handcuffs?
Troy Jackson will be their pick. Communist, Union Guy, hates productive people, hates business owners, and he has more than a few skeletons in his closet. Definitely a DSA guy
It doesn’t really matter if platner quits or they replace him with some other nut. The looney libs will still vote for him anyway.
I’d love to see Platner do that. I’m not sure what the chances are. The dems probably have plenty more on him. Behind the scenes they’re telling him get out now and save face. If not we unleash hell and it haunts you the rest of your miserable life.
Make note of houses with planthead signs in the yard after today and warn your children to keep away.
Dems are their own worst enemy.
You nailed it. The democrats were never going to allow anybody who stood for change to win.. The timing in this is so suspicious She was interviewed by the new York Times for their hit piece a month ago and could have come forward with another outlet then. Tapper’s interview was ready to drop, withdrawal of support statements ready to go, replacement candidates lined up Everything all tied up with a bow. By the way, I’m old and I don’t want to fix him. I support him for who he is. .
The seething hatred is at such a fever pitch they’d vote for a brain dead turnip at this point. The bottom line is ordinary Mainers will continue to lose: electricity will keep skyrocketing, marijuana stores sprouting everywhere, property taxes through the roof, roads pitiful, elderly neglected, homelessness rising. They just use the hard working to get power. A tale as old as time.
How would he fight for the little guy , if he won’t stand up the the DNC oligarchy. He can’t break the hearts of the blue haired bridge harpies can he? Stay in the race, you won, don’t let your good friends, Bernie, Lizzy, Ro, throw you under the bus.
Won’t be long before people will be saying “Graham who?”.
I would bet he is requesting a huge payout to drop out. The Dems deserve this chaos. They a political party based on power, not servicing the people they represent. He better get really good legal council to negotiate this deal.
Planter is a normal Democrat he thinks with his small head and not his big head. Think of all the small head democratic thinkers staring with JFK.
If platner is everything that HE claims to be, then he should stay in the race and give the finger to the elites attacking him.
If nothing else, Platner has proved that you can grow an extra bushy mustache by never trimming the hairs in your nose. That alone is his brand.
State of Maine Primary elections Title 21-A: ELECTIONS
Chapter 5: NOMINATIONS
Subchapter 1: BY POLITICAL PARTIES
Article 4: NOMINATION BY PRIMARY ELECTION
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§338. Write-in candidates
A person whose name will not appear on the printed primary ballot because that person did not file a petition and consent under sections 335 and 336, but who fulfills the other qualifications under section 334, may be nominated at the primary election as a write-in candidate in accordance with section 723, subsection 1. [RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §44 (COR).]