Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Tuesday that he spoke with Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner and recommended that he exit the Senate race.
Sanders, one of Platner’s earliest and most influential supporters, is the latest to call on him to withdraw from race in MaineThe progressive senator Bernie Sanders has called on Graham Platner to withdraw from the US Senate race in Maine, citing “very serious allegations” of sexual assault.While Platner has denied the claim, first reported by Politico, a…
Mr. Sanders was one of the last remaining prominent allies of Graham Platner, the Maine Senate Democratic nominee, to call for him to drop out after a rape allegation.
It’s Sanders’ first comment since POLITICO reported on Monday that a woman who dated Platner sexually assaulted her.
"I have spoken with Graham Platner about the best path forward for Maine," said Sanders, an early endorser of Platner.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has so far remained silent on Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner after a new set of sexual assault allegations were revealed Monday. Sanders’s silence comes as Platner’s support on Capitol Hill and beyond has crumbled since new allegations from a woman who previously dated Platner said he sexually assaulted…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday said he told Democrat Graham Platner to withdraw from the race for Maine Senate in the wake of a report alleging Platner sexually assaulted a woman he was dating in 2021. “I have spoken with Graham Platner about the best path forward for Maine,” Sanders said in a brief…
