Platner drops out

[Celerity]

[RandySF]

1. Thank God Almighty we are free at last.

[MyOwnPeace]

5. I was away from the screen.......

for a minute and only saw your post.

I thought tRump had died!

I’ve gotta’ pay more attention……

[fmdaddio]

2. No Schumer endorsed replacement.

Or Collins wins

[TBF]

22. Schumer and the top donors are meeting at the Broadmoor in Colorado

to discuss this very topic.

What did people think was going on here?

Price to attend - "suggested donation" of nearly 45K each - source - yesterday's New York Times.

in this article (it may be behind paywall; I'm a subscriber):
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/us/politics/graham-platner-maine-replacements-democrats.html

[orleans]

25. archive link to the above:

https://archive.is/bfxGG

[Srkdqltr]

3. He has a point, but he isn't the guy unfortunately.

[BigmanPigman]

4. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[Srkdqltr]

32. Yes. He showed his truth.

[senseandsensibility]

6. Is he making demands?

At least he did it.

[Celerity]

9. no demands other than a vague wish that the wants of the voters be respected

[Srkdqltr]

7. He needs to stop ....... talking .... after a point it's whining.

[eShirl]

8. bye, birch

[Spazito]

10. That was one big whinefest, imo.

[LisaL]

11. Yay!

[demmiblue]

12. ...

[dweller]

13. whew

😐


✌🏻

[Manatee]

14. See

ya!!!!

[WarGamer]

15. This was all preventable... if the presence of a NAZI tattoo had been universally condemned.

[Quiet Em]

16. His message says he suspended but has not withdrawn

He's still on the ballot

[senseandsensibility]

17. Not good.

[LisaL]

18. There is no ballot as of now.

He dropped out.

[frogstar0]

26. He has to "suspend "

Due to rules of campaign finances they all suspend for money, legal reasons.

[spooky3]

27. I heard him say he was filing the paperwork to get off the ballot.

This was on the video segment played on MSNOW in the 8:00 pm hour.

[Sparkly]

19. Quite the pity party

I can't claim to know what he did, but by the time you concede your campaign is tanked, maybe don't lay it all on "The Establishment" of the big bad Democratic Party considering what they're/we're up against.

As for all the allegations being false, that might have been slightly believable if he tried in any way to investigate them (as he mentioned), or shed light on evidence to hint at some doubt.

[EdmondDantes_]

21. It really was

And who's the entrenched political apparatus? He was running in an open primary not against someone in that office for decades.

And then centering himself as if it's simply because people don't like him and not that he's a a deeply flawed human being.

[duckworth969]

20. Hatchet job, timing was sus from the get go

[tritsofme]

35. Hatchet job for sure, he took aim at himself and the Democratic Party.

[littlemissmartypants]

36. With his own hatchet. Like stepping on a rake.

[sarisataka]

38. More like an own goal nt

[edbermac]

23. So who's warming up in the bullpen?

[TBF]

24. We will find that out after the (DSCC)

major donor fundraising retreat at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this coming weekend. Attendees were asked to contribute $44,300 to participate in the special weekend to discuss the party's strategy and campaigns for taking back the Democratic Senate majority. I suspect Maine is now top of their agenda.

[pat_k]

29. Reportedly nominee to be chosen in caucuses or a popup convention 7/25 weekend.

And there are a number of very good candidates.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3692305

[Manatee]

28. He waited WAY

too long! That only caused more damage. Big mistake!

Way too much time out there in the 24 hour news cycle we currently live with.

[Raftergirl]

30. I just hope he STFU now and slinks off into oblivion.

It’s definitely not too late for someone to run a successful campaign, some state’s haven’t even had their primary yet.

[AverageOldGuy]

31. Lawrence is using a flame thrower on Platner!!!

Lawrence O'Donnell is on MSNOW twice -- his 10:00 PM show is repeated three hours later at 1:00 AM.

If you missed him at 10:00, it's worth it to stay up and watch him at 1:00 -- or at least record it for viewing later.

As we would say in Mississippi, Lawrence got a'hold of Platner and beat that boy like you'd beat a borrowed mule!!!!

[hardluck]

37. About 5 months too late

Most of this shit was readily available for months - the Totenkopf, the Reddit posts, his privileged background - yet none of that was brought up in any serious way by O'Donnell. So sorry, a bit late to the party.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

33. The Military needs to start screening or vetting recruits. To many damn misfits are joining.

[CaptainTruth]

34. Good. He was a candidate with a fake (not genuine) image...

...crafted by political consultants, designed to lie to his supporters by deliberately portraying him as something he is not.

Can we please leave the lying & deceit to the other party? Can we please be better than that?

Is that really too much to ask from Democrats?

[Orrex]

39. He should've thought of that before he assaulted her