Following a scandal-ridden campaign that culminated with shocking rape allegations this week, Maine Democrat Senate nominee Graham Platner suspended his campaign on Wednesday and announced his intention to drop out of the race.
As the chaos unfolds to decide who will be on the Democrat ticket on November 3, Americans shouldn’t forget how we got here in the first place; namely, that radical socialist politicians, led by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), backed Platner’s insurgent campaign and stood by him despite a mounting pile of evidence that he is totally unfit to serve in the U.S. Senate. They excused his Nazi tattoo, disturbing and violent internet posts, smearing of rural Americans, and alarming behavior on an app commonly used for child exploitation, only pulling their endorsements when it became politically infeasible to continue backing him.
Platner claims that his campaign was about fighting the establishment – and indeed, he did force Maine Governor Janet Mills, who had the backing of establishment figures like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, out of the Democrat primary. But the reality is that his candidacy was only made possible thanks to early backing from high-profile left-wing leaders like Sanders, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, and California Rep. Ro Khanna.
The socialist wing of the Democrat Party is no longer some downtrodden back-bench faction. It is increasingly the center of gravity in the party. Platner had the backing of his own establishment that may now be more powerful than the Democrat “establishment” of old. He had access to the enormously powerful fundraising apparatus of figures like Sanders and Warren who have spent decades in the Washington swamp building deep-pocketed donor networks. Were it not for Sanders and his socialist allies giving Platner the spotlight, he would’ve stood no chance against Mills.
And when the scandals began, it was their continued support that allowed Platner to remain a viable candidate for as long as he did. After it was revealed that Platner had stepped out on his marriage, Warren lauded him as showing “courage and determination,” while Sanders scolded anyone who questioned Platner’s fitness for office, saying that the country should focus on “issues more important than the Platner marriage.”
Even now, it is clear that the socialist left isn’t pulling its support for Platner because they are appalled by his conduct. If that were the case, they would have called on Platner to drop out of the race after it was revealed that he mocked a Purple Heart recipient, called Army soldiers “fat, lazy trash,” referred to himself as a “communist,” blamed women victims of sexual assault, or any of the other myriad scandals that marred his candidacy.
No, Sanders and the socialists are abandoning him now because they recognize that there is no longer a viable path for Platner to beat Republican incumbent Susan Collins. They may have been able to spin Platner’s Nazi tattoo and repulsive online comments, but the very serious rape allegations that surfaced this week are something that voters simply won’t stomach (Platner has said the accusations are false).
Khanna’s X post calling on Platner to drop out is indicative of this cynical mindset.
“I’ve been very clear that sexual assault or violence against women is a red line,” Khanna wrote. “These allegations are very serious and credible. Graham Platner should drop out from the race. I am withdrawing my endorsement.”
In other words, Khanna is saying, getting a Nazi tattoo, being allegedly emotionally and physically abusive toward multiple past girlfriends, and making racist and misogynistic comments on Reddit weren’t a “red line.” All of that was apparently perfectly acceptable in a U.S. Senate candidate.
Thus far, neither Khanna nor any of Platner’s backers has shown any sort of contrition for attempting to foist a deeply disturbed individual on the American people. At least one Democrat, Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, has demanded that Sanders apologize. But don’t hold your breath. Khanna and Sanders aren’t sorry for excusing Platner’s repugnant behavior – they’re just sorry that they couldn’t hide it until after November 3.
Democrats will now pick a new nominee in this critical race that could well decide which party wields the majority in the Senate come January. Platner has called for a “transparent” and “democratic” process. But with the deadline for Maine Democrats to replace him on the ballot coming up on July 27, the decision will almost certainly be made behind closed doors by state party leaders – undoubtedly in consultation with national Democrats.
Whoever replaces Platner, however, voters shouldn’t forget what they just witnessed. Democrats, and particularly Bernie Sanders and the socialist left, have proven that they are totally unmoored from any sort of moral or ethical standards. So long as Platner repeated the progressive slogans and stood a chance of winning in November, they were willing to stick with him.
That sort of cold partisan calculus reveals just how obsessed the socialist left is with power – and why Americans should never give it to them.
Shane Harris is the Editor-in-Chief of AMAC Newsline. You can follow him on X @shaneharris513.
No doubt that Sanders and Warren screwed up by sticking with Platner as the shoes continued to drop. And little doubt that there are more women out there who were abused by Platner.
His candidacy is over and everyone should say: GOOD RIDDANCE !!
The only reason that the Commucrats , Bernie the Sanders, Liz the Warren, Loco the Con et all dumped the Twisted Sicko called Plattner is because the poles showed he was getting whooped by the republican candidate Susan Collins. They dont care that they guy is a twisted sicko evil entity. If they thought he could win the seat in the senate they would still be supporting him. Make no mistake the Commucrats are evil monsters who will do anything to gain power so they can advance their Evil Agenda.
BERNIE SANDERS IS A TOTAL DISGRACE TO HIS FAMILY, TO HIS JEWISH RELIGION, TO HIS COUNTRY AND TO ALL OF HIS CONSTITUENTS WHO BELIEVED HIS LIES, HIS DECEPTIONS AND HIS MISREPRESENTATION. EVEN THOUGH HE IS JEWISH BY BIRTH, HE HAS DISAVOWED HIS RELIGION AND IS AN ANTI-ISRAEL PROGRESSIVE. HE SIDES WITH THOSE WHO SUPPORT IRAN AND THE TERRORISTS, WHO CHANT DEATH TO ALL ISRAELIS, DEATH TO ALL JEWS AND DEATH TO AMERICANS.
It will be interesting to see who the Commies put up next. This situation is very similar to the Biden/Harris debacle of 2024. One would have thought these idiots would have remembered what happened then. Apparently, they are so mentally deranged over getting back at Trump and we MAGA citizens that they no longer have a working mind. Their candidates of late have all been losers in every way possible. Our job as Conservatives is for every one of us to make sure to vote in ALL upcoming elections to keep these mentally ill Communists out of our government!!
The Democrats are pathological liars and butt stupid. First they accuse conservatives of being Nazis and then they put a guy up to run for the Senate that has a Nazi tattoo on his chest. Now they’re pushing socialism and communism. Bernie Sanders is a boil on the ass of humanity. He has never had a real job and now he’s a millionaire which isn’t bad for a socialist. Shouldn’t he give all his money away oh wait That doesn’t work. I get mine but you can’t have yours. I’m going to redistribute your money
Well, what will the Democrats do next? The Socialist candidates have been upsetting the Democrat’s candidates as seen in NY and CO. Surprising that the DEMO party hasn’t split up with what is going on. It will still be up to the voter to get out and exercise their right to vote or lose it if the DEMOs regain control in Congress. NOTHING IS SAFE DESPITE THE ANTICS THAT HAS BEEN OCCURING. DON’T TRUST THE DEMOCRATS OR MSM. OUR NATION IS STILL IN DANGER.
BERNIE SANDERS IS WORST THAN THE “KAPOS” IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS, BECAUSE HE IS NOT BEING TORTURED, FORCED OR BRIBED ( WELL MAYBE) TO SUPPORT A NAZI SYMPATHISER FOR THE US SENATE. ELIZABETH WARREN IS JUST AS BAD AS WELL AS REP KHANNA…THESE ANTI-AMERICA, ANTI-SEMETIC MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL GREED, DESTROYING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND DESTROYING PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP. THEY HAVE LIED TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND SHOULD BE CENSURED FROM THE POLITICAL OFFICES THEY HOLD BECAUSE THEY LIED TO BE ELECTED. BERNIE SANDERS IS THE WORST…HIS ABSOLUTE JOY IN HOLDING UP PLATNERS ARM IN VICTORY IS AN ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING DEMONSTRATION OF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL SEEKING REWARD FOR ASSISTING AN ENEMY OF AMERICAN FREEDOMS.
Some one should have told Bernie (Comrade) Sanders, Elizabeth (Pow Wow) Warren and the rest of the Socialist that if you are going too sleep with Excrement you might end up smelling like S##T, yourselves!
God Bless America!
I’ve been saying that the Democratic Party and their allies are enemies to America and they need to be stopped!
Platner withdrew from the race. He said the rape allegations weren’t true. Then why withdraw. If you are such an upstanding communist, nazi lover why not stay. Did the millionaires and billionaires supporting him decide for him. Did Sanders and Warren and Pritzker see their jobs disappear if they kept supporting him. They had a mouthpiece in Platner to brainwash the Maine voters to vote for this communists. All these candidates that espouse communism all are brainless puppets. They have been bought and paid for, dressed up and given propaganda speeches to rile up the mindless electorate. These progressive communists are nothing more than soldiers in the dem army to overthrow America. They have been supporting fringe organizations for years. The ones they can manipulate and mold them to their side. The ones that can barely read and write and never learned about America and the freedoms guaranteed them under the constitution. They made Trump the person to hate. He is the one, they say, is hurting you. Only these communists can help you have everything MAGA has. Only they don’t tell them how they are going to do that. To rob Peter to pay Peter. And there is no money anymore. Peter is broke. The damage they have inflicted on this country will take decades to correct. Voters pay attention who you vote for. If you think Platner was your candidate I feel sorry for your low standards you have accepted in him. I wouldn’t want a man like that represent me in the Senate.
The democrats do not care what their candidates do or have done so long as they agree with the progressive agenda! They will continue to put forth nasty individuals but move heaven and earth to cover up the stuff they do not want anyone to know; until such a time that they feel it doesn’t matter anymore, because the low information voters elected the nasty people.
Fetterman, to his credit, called this scumbag out from the start! It is so interesting that all these commies have signs saying “fight the oligarchy” while they are being FINANCED by oligarchs like Soros and that creep living in China who is “American.”
All dems are Commies and need to be voted out of office. The moron voters in New York think they are all going to get “free stuff”. The wealthy are just going to move out of New York (and Kalifornia) for that matter to more tax friendly states. Will bring their businesses, headquarters and manufacturing plants with them out of spite! Believe me, tick off a titan of industry and they’ll screw whatever politician is dissing them.
A third cousin moved his cement truck company out to a rural area when the local town wanted to tax his numerous cement trucks $200.00 a year. It was a chunk of change in the 60’s and he had a lot of cement trucks because of the building boom. He Efff’d the local town on a smaller scale and the industry titans can Effff a state one a very large scale! Demonrats beware.
The Democrat/ Socialists cannot be trusted at all. they have no morals, concern for the people or conscience in their pursuit of power. They will do anything, apparently, to get what they want. Not for our Government in any capacity.
Since most of the radical liberals are Communists who care nothing about we, the people, why would they care if the person they choose to run their country is a degenerate?? All they want is to be in total control of all of us and take all of our money to split between their leaders and their pet agenda. If anyone believes that these people are like Robin Hood and will steal from the rich and give it to the poor who don’t work, they are sadly mistaken. The do not care how many starve to death under their watch. If the ignorant young people who are looking to these Communists to make their life better, they better find out what all the people who fell to Communism experienced. Millions died of starvation because the rulers spent all the money on themselves. In Russia, only the big cities looked like all was well because the government did not want the world to see what was really going on. The radical liberals stopped teaching any real history of this world so they could groom the kids to become Communists. It is very dark and very scary. Maybe these ignorant young people need to talk to some real immigrants who were escaping Communism.
So we got rid of two dudes, two of the most repulsive, incompetent communist leaning Nazi reprobates in American history. Platner and Janet Mills. A couple of dudes that nobody needs, and to that I say, good riddance to bad baggage!
Bad enough that they supported it candidate that should not have been chosen but now they get to choose another candidate without any voter choice involved and the assumption by those in the Democratic nomination group that the registered Democrat voters will just accept this change with no say is appalling. But what I also don’t understand is why the Republicans are still allowing Susan Collins to stay in office considering that she’s more of a RINO and only counts as a Republican when it benefits her alone.
Nor can the Establishment Dems – this is the third time in the last ten years that the Democrats have abandoned Democracy. First Hillary over Bernie, then Cackles over Biden, now “?X?” over the Nazi Rapist. Rinse, wash, repeat. But I can’t complain too much. It also gave us Trump (twice). This time it will give us greater majorities in both Houses of Congress.
Isn’t Mills still on the ballot?
It wasn’t the rape. That was only the conveniently “found” excuse. the real reason appears that it was becoming increasingly apparent that he would likely lose to Collins. Professor Turly nailed it.
Leftists, regardless of time or place, have but a single goal: Power and control, at any price, at any cost, by any means necessary. During the 20th Century alone, more than 100 million innocent souls were murdered by their own Leftist governments in the quest for absolute power and control.
disagree, it shows certain AMERICANS will go for whatever is offered them by lefties!
Cant trust Dems day 1
If only the real democrats would realize, this isn’t democrat’ anymore. Its socialist/communist. Platner got dropped, not for accusations of rape, but the numbers didn’t compute.Collins was ahead in the polls.
I can only hope, a democrat reads Shane Harris’ article, Thanks AMAC
General George S Patton , Politicians the Scum of the Earth . Democratic Politicians , even lower than that .
Ohh, come on, we just reelected Trump. We have no room to stand on the soapbox here
It’s pretty sad that this guy was ever considered in the first place. Then as more and more negative stories came out the Dems stuck with him. What is wrong with them and the people that were going to vote for this garbage? I mean, this is the best that they can come up with?
When we help identify these “Plattners” we help the Dumbs.
We should have assisted in turning a blind eye until after he got the Dumbocrat nomination.
Sadly their party leaders are not dumb, just corrupt as all hell!!. It’s their lemming voter legions who apparantly suffer from untreatable TDS that allow all the lying and corruption to continue unchecked! It would be a marvel if it weren’t so threatening to our very
foundation!
Political operative “experts” from the perpetual pupil class of those pursuing advanced degrees were relied on by Democrat managment to find a new “Star” appealinng to Deplorables, the despised working middle class especially toxic white males. In Platner they thought he was 1 of them revealing what they think of us. Appalling.
just because someone gets elected does not mean we have to seat them you would not seat a murderer so why do we seat someone who wants to destroy the country or shows allegiance to another country that’s suicidal. WAKE UP AMERICA
WOW: Amazing how we can Arrest a President of another Country while: NO ONE HAS THE POWER TO REMOVE ANTI-AMERICANS FROM THE “POLITICAL” ARENA? America goes to War/Does Police the World at times and stops two foreign countries from nuking each other while they take over America and infiltrate their false gods and culture on the United States of America! Even more Amazing is that SOMEONE HAS CREATED A POLITICAL WAR While: SILENTLY AND WITH STEALTH ANTI-AMERICAN, ANTI-GOD/FALSE GOD “LEGAL” and ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN FREELY CREATING THEIR OWN CITIES, TOWNS, STATES (As New Jersey is a SANCTUARY STATE! (Where recent implants have more protection and move into any office of it’s Government!)
NO ONE IS IN POWER TO STOP THE SOCIALIST, COMMUNIST TAKOVER!? PERHAPS, IT IS TIME THAT ALL THE MILITARY GENERALS, PAST AND PRESENT WILL ANALYZE THE SILENT WAR THAT IS TAKING PLACE ALL OVER IN THE U.S.A. ON IT’S OWN SOIL CURRENTLY!
AGAIN, AFTER WWII WE HAD GRATEFUL PEOPLE ALONG WITH THE PEACEFUL, BUILDING UP OF AMERICA WITH THEIR FAMILIES, SCHOOLS where CHILDREN WERE PROTECTED, CITIES WITH OUR GREAT LEADERS AND SOLDIERS AND ALL WHO EVERYDAY THANKED GOD AND PLEDGED THE ALLEGIENCE TO THE FLAG WHICH REPRESENTED THE ONE NATION TOTALLY UNDER GOD! HMM, WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY FIGHTING A WAR ALL AROUND THE WORLD: POLITICS IS NOT A FACTOR AND NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND!!! CAN’T FORGET GREED:
TWO FORMS OF CAPITALISM RUNNING THROUGH AMERICA! THE FIRST ONE: WITHIN ALL OF OUR CORPORATIONS FOR AMERICAN’S FIRST, FROM THE BOTTOM UP WITH SKILLED WORKERS TO THE EXECUTIVE AREA! DECENT PAY FOR ALL JOBS AND BENEFITS AND WHERE WE CONTROLLED THE CONTROLIBLES AND THEN OUR AMERICAN CORPORATIONS BRANCHED OUT TO OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE AMERICA ALSO CREATED JOBS AROUND THE WORLD AND THE ENTIRE WORLD WAS HAPPY! TO:
THE SECOND: WHERE WE HAVE BEEN POSITIONED TO THE “ALL FOR ME AND THE HELL WITH YOU ATTITUDE” WHICH WAS USED TO DESTROY THE WORLD’S GREATEST WORKFORCE BY THE WAVE OF DESTROYING AMERICA’S INDUSTRY OF ALL TYPES TO HAVE THE MOST UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD: THE MIDDLE CLASS OF AMERICA THAT IS NOW POOR AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND STILL IGNORED! HMMM, GREED, GREED, GREED WHEN WAS THE LAST STOCK SPLIT? WHILE:
INDIA (Now with Another Recall!) and inferior metal and other products, INDONESIA, MEXICO, CHINA, VIET NAM, SRI LANKA, MANY OTHER COUNTRIES ARE CLIMBING UP THE WORLD’S RANKING! CANT FORGET GERMANY AND (“AMAZON!” DOING SO ON AMERICAN SOIL!) SO:
ANTI-AMERICAN SOCIALISTS AND COMMUNISTS HAVE FREEDOM TO USE THE PLIGHT OF THE MIDDLE CLASS/NEW POOR TO FORCE A TAKEOVER OF AMERICA USING US AS PAWNS!
WE FOUGHT THIS FIGHT IN EUROPE FOR OTHER COUNTRIES AND WON THEIR WARS AND THEY RECOVERED! SO THESE RICH SOCIALISTS AND COMMUNISTS WILL USE THEIR MONEY TO ADD TO OUR ECONOMY AND MOVE TO THE BOTTOM? SO:
WHO IS STUCK ON STUPID? NOT ME!!! OUR GOD DOESN’T LIKE EVIL AND THERE IS PLENTY OF IT GOING ON! SO: GET YOUR LIFE’S RIGHT! PUT ON THE ARMOR OF GOD! AS HIS RATH IS SERIOUS JUST CHECK THE WORD OF GOD (WHICH IS NOT A RELIGION AND IS WHAT OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON) FOR YOUR NEXT CHAPTER HERE ON EARTH!
Speaking of the power-hungry: The Mamdanista movement in NYC is most alarming. This will not end well.
No kings! Nazis are okay, but NO KINGS!
After over a century of Socialist infection of the U.S., I would have thought that we cannot trust Socialists or their Progressive counterparts. We have allowed Socialism to infect our governments, destroying U.S. cities, our social lives, destroying our youth with delusional beliefs about sex/gender fluidity that has out youth being physically mutilated and committing suicide when they are not destroying property and/or committing acts of violence against citizens.
The chicken or the egg. Did the polling drop because of the rape allegation or did the dems release the rape allegation because his polling had dropped?
Pretty obvious to most of us that when Collins went from down 9 to up 3 which way this race was headed. Dems saw it too and released the Swalwell style rape allegations.
you mean somebody trusted bernie & the scumbag left? I thought the only way they could get elected was to cheat their way in!
Title?? WHEN did Captain Obvious show up??
DEMONOCRATS ARE REALLY SHOWING WHAT SCUM THEY TRUELY ARE !!!!! WEVE GOT COLLINS AND AS WE MUST LET GO AND VOTE RED COLLINS IS GREAT AT SO MANY CAUSES AND SHE KNOWS HOW AND WHO THE DECEATFUL are !!!!! WE NEED SIME ONLY SOME GET IN THERE AND BLOW A HOLE IN MAINE REPUBLIC OF AMERICA ???????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????❤️❤️???????????????????????????????????? COME ON MAINE HERE WE GOOOOO AGAIN !!!!!!!????????????????????????????????????????
I certainly hope he now finds the time to shave off his nasty beard and mustache. Both harbor massive amounts of bacteria from his mouth and nose.
Of course if some Republican had done just one of the things that Platner did he or she would have been branded with an endless list of “ists”. Also, isn’t he the epitome of toxic masculinity that the Democrats supposedly hate? Just saying.
The same kind of mindset allowed the likes of K.Harris, Mandami, AOC, et.al. to gain a foot hold, and get into the power seat. It’s still a matter of people not paying attention, not caring in the first place, and unless it personally effects them in their own little corner of the world, nothing “out there” is a concern. Thousands and thousands of apathetic, self centered dolts who vote according to feelings and ignore the facts,if they can be gotten. Lambs on the way to the slaughter………and don’t forget, lots of repubs fit this same bill. It’s a mess.
Totally agree with your last paragraph. Amen to that….