The Graham Platner Fiasco Has Democrats Turning on Bernie Sanders.
Multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and other behavioral issues against the Democratic nominee prompted party leaders to withdraw support within days.
- On Friday, July 10, Graham Platner officially ended his campaign to unseat Republican Senator Susan Collins, submitting his withdrawal letter following credible rape allegations published by Politico and CNN.
- Recruiters Dan Moraff, Leanne Fan, and Morris Katz manufactured the 'oysterman' persona to sell Platner as a messiah to voters, bypassing the Democratic Party establishment's traditional vetting process.
- After former girlfriend Jenny Racicot alleged Platner raped her during their relationship, Senator Bernie Sanders and party leaders withdrew support within hours, prompting Platner to suspend his campaign on Wednesday.
- The Maine Democratic Party will hold a nominating convention with 601 voting delegates to select Platner's replacement, facing a July 27 deadline and bypassing a primary election.
- Former Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention director Nirav Shah has emerged as a top contender, though he faces scrutiny over a $6.4 million settlement involving a previous public health scandal.
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Democrats in crisis after collapse of fake “working class” candidacy of Graham Platner in Maine
In the attempt to reverse the collapse of working class support for the Democrats and give the party a “progressive” veneer, promoters such as Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna downplayed the Nazi Totenkopf (death’s head) tattoo Platner had emblazoned on his chest while in the Marines.
Democrat Feud Erupts Over Platner
John Fetterman’s attack on Bernie Sanders shows how fast a party fight can turn into a larger warning about trust, vetting, and power. Quick Take Fetterman said Sanders should apologize for backing Graham Platner after new sexual assault allegations surfaced. Sanders later said Platner should step aside, which put him closer to the Maine Democratic...
The Graham Platner Fiasco Has Democrats Turning on Bernie Sanders.
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Platner fiasco has unleashed something of a brawl in the Democratic Party over how the sexting candidate with a Nazi tattoo came to be their rival to Susan Collins, now in her 5th term as Republican senator from Maine. Bernie Sanders thought his socialists could pass off blue-collar impersonator Graham Platner — a product of the elite Hotchkiss prep school — as a hard-working “oysterman.” Sanders had been waving off concern…
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Fox NewsPlatner collapse completes John Fetterman’s break from Sanders socialists who put him in Senate
Graham Platner’s political collapse did more than derail a scandal-plagued Senate campaign in Maine. It also completed Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s public transformation from a Bernie Sanders-backed progressive populist to one of the left’s most aggressive internal critics. Fetterman was among the first prominent Democrats to call out Platner’s mounting controversies, even as many party [...]
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