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How Much Baggage Will Dems Accept From Platner?
Democrats continue backing Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite Nazi tattoo, alleged abuse and explicit messages to women revealed by reports.
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How Much Baggage Will Dems Accept From Platner?
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Democrats continue backing Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite Nazi tattoo, alleged abuse and explicit messages to women revealed by reports.
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I Hopped Off the Platner Train After the Totenkopf
I personally don't trust Graham Platner. With what we've seen so far, I don't think he belongs in the U.S. Senate versus Gov. Janet Mills, who suspended her campaign back in April and whom I like quite a lot.
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Graham Platner, Deep Water Man
It's going to be a red-flag weekend on the coast of Maine after new claims about his treatment of women.
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Fitzpatrick on Platner: ‘We have to set a higher bar’ in Congress
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) on Sunday warned of what actions Congress can take if Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) unseats Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), saying that lawmakers “have to set a higher bar.” Fitzpatrick and his colleague Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) spoke with CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” about Platner. On…
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Khanna condemns Platner's past actions, but "they didn't come as a surprise" to Maine voters
"His actions were misogynistic, they were shameful, they were wrong," Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, who campaigned with the Senate candidate on Friday, said.
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Ro Khanna says latest Platner accusations are not ‘a surprise’ to Maine voters
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday said the latest accusations about Maine oyster farmer and Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) were not “a surprise” to Pine Tree State voters. Khanna appeared on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” where host Margaret Brennan pressed him about Platner, whom he supports. She asked about reporting from The New…
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Washington Examiner
Khanna tells Platner to stop attacking ex after abuse allegations: ‘I believe her’
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) on Sunday said he believes the ex-girlfriend of Maine Democrat Graham Platner, Lyndsey Fifield, whose allegations of emotional abuse and toxic behavior were published in the New York Times last week. Khanna, who has endorsed Platner and campaigned by his side, said on CBS’s Face the Nation that he believes Fifield […]
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Washington Examiner
Four scandals Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing
Maine is less than one week away from primary Election Day as Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner seems poised to pick up his party’s nomination despite several mounting scandals connected to his name. Platner, an oyster farmer and Marine Corps veteran, has faced multiple controversies since announcing his populist campaign for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat […]
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