ME-SEN: The story is out and it's really bad.

[RandySF]

I’ll leave it at that.

[hookaleft]

1. Where is it?

[RandySF]

2. Here

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737

[underpants]

4. I think he has until the 12th to drop out.

[Skittles]

5. nothing that surprises me and many others

cue the BUT HE HAS CHANGED crowd, it's just one of his FLAWS

[RandySF]

6. He denied it.

But I don’t want the accuser treated like E Jean Carroll was.

[obamanut2012]

17. So did Swallwell

[boston bean]

49. That one there shocked me.

But glad he is gone.

[PatSeg]

56. Shocked me as well

I didn't see that one coming.

[Skittles]

29. I can spot a creep a mile away

yes indeed

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. I'm glad I withhold my evaluation of him.

I will leave it to others to rely on their moral compassses and come to their own conclusions.

[ananda]

9. I stayed out of the Platner threads....

It was a lesson I learned from Swalwell.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. (We) don't need the aggravation

[Torchlight]

8. Well... shit.

These developments are beginning to suggest my reservations may not have been unfounded.

[calguy]

11. Since I'm not voting in Maine, this new allegation means nothing to me

It's for the people of Maine to sort out, and i’ll accept whatever verdict they render in November.

[2naSalit]

13. As it stands...

Unless he drops out, it's him or susan.

I'll leave it at that.

[LeftInTX]

15. Yes, it's entirely his decision.

The party cannot force him to drop out.

[ColoringFool]

25. This is silly. Are Democrats never to opine about......

.....the politics of 49 states?

[Skittles]

30. so it's OK what a Dem does as long as it's "not your state"?

alrighty then

[mcar]

43. See, it's all perfectly simple

[calguy]

45. What I'm saying is...

It’s for the voters in Maine to decide. Any time I spend on it is a waste, as far as my personal life is concerned. I have other things to concern my life with besides what is likely a smear campaign in another state. You can get all worked up about it you want, but in the end it makes no difference whatsoever to the outcome of this Senste race.

Susan Collins was always going get the billionaires to step in with mountains of cash to influence the race. This latest ‘revelation’ is probably a direct result of Susan having unlimited funds to smear her opponent when she has nothing to run on herself.

[NightWatcher]

12. The guy with a nazi tattoo turned out to be a piece of shit?

Yall gotta do better.
(Looks at Fetterman supporters too)

Research, muther f'ckers, do some.

[Kid Berwyn]

14. Politico, founded by a billionaire for Bush

Gotta love the tax breaks. Jawohl.

[obamanut2012]

16. He needs to drop by July 13

So Mills or Costello can be on rhe ballot.

[Chasstev365]

18. Why did she wait until AFTER the Maine Primary?

[GPV]

19. She clearly didn't want to announce being a rape victim.

[obamanut2012]

38. DUers are saying she works for Roger Stone

Is a liar, etc i get why she stayed quiet.

There is a week to put someone else on the ballot. He needs to drop. California united behind Becerra, who was polling single digits. Maine can do it, too!

[dsc]

20. It is explained in the article which you clearly couldn't be bothered to read

Racicot previously described “reckless” and “unsettling” behavior by Platner to The New York Times, but says she didn’t go public with the specific assault claim because she didn’t want to be known as a rape victim.

Racicot said she later felt compelled to go public about her experience because the reaction to the Times story was dominated by controversy about another woman, Lyndsey Fifield, who alleged Platner mistreated her and faced attacks because of her ties to the Republican Party. (Contacted by POLITICO, Fifield stood by the allegations she made to the Times and declined to comment further.)

“My part of the story was just a read-over,” Racicot said in an interview. “And the story was Lyndsey, and the accusations of her being politically motivated.”

Racicot said she was torn over coming forward in part because she agrees with Platner politically.

“One of the reasons I didn’t come forward sooner was, the huge moral conflict that I had between supporting his politics, but not supporting him as a person,” she said. “I just want the truth out there. I just want people to have a whole scope of who he is as a person.”

[rzemanfl]

21. Financial considerations? n/t

[obamanut2012]

39. Just stop saying this woman is lying

You accused her of working for Stone!

[rzemanfl]

54. That is not what I said, but you are welcome to think so.

[LeftInTX]

22. Wasn't there some buzz before the primary?

Well, there was lots of buzz about this and that and his tattoos etc.

I thought I read something about him and women, but it was vagueish....

Didn't something with his wife come up recently?

[RandySF]

31. I was worried about underage girls

because of messaging platform he used.

[Skittles]

48. oh but he has CHANGED!

and....he didn't KNOW it was a nazi tattoo!!!

[MustLoveBeagles]

23. I had misgivings about so supported Mills

I started supporting him shortly before his primary win. Now I find out I might've been right the first time. I honestly don't know what to think.

[BannonsLiver]

33. It probably doesn't matter at this point

Mills was never going to win. Hell she couldn’t even raise money. And I’m not sure she offered voters something different than Collins anyway. Meanwhile, He was always going to be felled by something like this. In the end Collins will get another term. That’s the long and the short of it.

[MustLoveBeagles]

37. I didn't have a real say

I was watching from the Midwest. I honestly don't don't know what to think. True or not he's likely finished.

[MustLoveBeagles]

41. I think I'll put Platner in the trash column

I want to enjoy this site.

[Skittles]

50. IF that happens

the lesson to be learned would be GET BETTER CANDIDATES

[BannonsLiver]

51. I couldn't agree more.

In fact I wrote just that several hours ago on this forum.

[Skittles]

53. Maine is a fine state

WTF is going on

[BannonsLiver]

55. I have no idea.

I went for 2 weeks last year. First visit. Other than Hawaii it’s probably my favorite state I’ve visited to date.

I had moved on and accepted Platner with a lot of reservations. It turned out that was not a good move for anyone. Regardless, I appreciate your willingness to challenge on issues like this. We have disagreed on other things but I’d be proud to share a fox hole with you any day. Your comments about not abandoning this country to fascists have resonated with me tonight.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

24. Why is everyone "leaving it at that"?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

28. I'll bite. I never liked the guy.

But it wasn't worth arguing about and creating new enemies here.

[obamanut2012]

40. Or getting a hide

[sarisataka]

26. I recall being assured

all of the skeletons were out and there would be no more surprises
I guess we will have to see if the accusations are credible

[WhiskeyGrinder]

27. Huh.

[aeromanKC]

32. Say, here's an idea, If you have anything weird/illegal in your past (You know if you do!!)

DON'T put your name in the political hat. Just saying.

[GPV]

36. Takes a special level of hubris to be that bad of a human but

go forth and make your name in politics anyway.

[eShirl]

35. goddamn it

[pinkstarburst]

42. Not particularly surprising

For months, there has been bad stuff coming out about this creep. Nazi tattoos. Sexting with 6 women while he was married?

And when people on DU posted that "gosh, this isn't good and the DNC needs to vet people better and make sure we have better quality people in senate races" and "if he loses this thing, it will be his own darn fault"....

responses were....

BUT HE'S THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE! Just shut up!

Not at all surprised by this. Very sorry for the victim and will not be at all surprised if there are more victims. Hope the DNC can find someone to replace him with, but this may well cost us the race.

[sop]

44. Platner denies it.

I've become far too cynical about politics to believe these sorts of stories during campaigns. Until Platner admits it's true, I see it as just another well-planned and calculated political attack. If Platner were on the ballot in Florida, I would vote for him.

[obamanut2012]

46. Jenny Racicot is very credible

And is also a liberal.

So, a man has to admit rape to make it real?

I'm glad we didn't do that in CA or Steve Hilton would be our next Gov.

[sop]

52. Obviously, you believe her. I remain skeptical. Others can make up their own minds.

I don't believe, nor do I disbelieve, these sorts of sexual assault accusations, particularly when they are being made in the middle of a political campaign where so much is on the line, and when the accused says they are not true. We've been down this road before.

[ColoringFool]

57. As the late, great Mandy Rice-Davies once said, "He would, wouldn't he?"

[Shrek]

47. So is Lyndsey Fifield still a liar or no? n/t