DEMOCRAT GRAHAM PLATNER SAYS HE IS "TAKING THE TIME TO REFLECT ON THE BEST PATH FORWARD" IN THE MAINE SENATE RACE -- AFTER A MAINE WOMAN ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER.
0:1818 seconds PLATNER.... WHO IS DENYING THE ALLEGATION... STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING HE WOULD END HIS CAMPAIGN, BUT SIGNALED HE IS WEIGHING ITS FUTURE, AS HE SEEKS TO UNSEAT REPUBLICAN SUSAN COLLINS.
0:2828 seconds THE WOMAN BRINGING THESE NEW CLAIMS FORWARD IS JENNY RACICOT, RACICOT, WHO TOLD CNN AND POLITICO THAT PLATNER DRUNKENLY RAPED HER IN 2021....RECALLING A NIGHT WHERE HE CAME OVER TO HER HOUSE UNINVITED...
0:3939 seconds IN A VIDEO POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA... PLATNER CALLED THE ACCOUNT "FALSE" AND CLAIMED THE ALLEGATIONS ARE COACHED AND COORDINATED BY OUT-OF-STATE ESTABLISHMENT OPERATIVES...
1:121 minute, 12 seconds PLATNER SECURED THE SENATE NOMINATION BY RECEIVING MORE VOTES THAN
1:411 minute, 41 secondsANY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY CANDIDATE IN MAINE HISTORY-- AND MANY OF THOSE áVOTERSá HAVE STOOD BY HIM DESPITE PREVIOUS SCANDALS.
1:461 minute, 46 seconds NOW... PLATNERS' OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS -- WITH SOME WITHDRAWING SUPPORT -- AND CALLING FOR ACTION.
1:511 minute, 51 seconds JAMIE AZULAY IS REPORTING IN STUDIO THIS MORNING -- JAMIE... WHO ARE WE HEARING FROM AND WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
2:002 minutes SUPPORT FOR PLATNER IS FADING FAST -- FROM FEDERAL LAWMAKERS TO GROUPS RIGHT HERE AT HOME -- WE'RE SEEING GROWING CALLS FOR PLATNER TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE FOR SENATE.
2:132 minutes, 13 seconds HIS OPPONENT -- SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS -- CALLING THE ALLEGATIONS APPALLING. BUT IT'S NOT JUST REPUBLICANS WHO WANT HIM OUT -- DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR HANNAH PINGREE WRTING "GRAHAM PLATNER SHOULD EXIT THE
2:202 minutes, 20 secondsRACE IMMEDIATELY." SHE SAYS NO PARTY SHOULD STAND BEHIND A CANDIDATE FACING ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALSO PULLING THEIR SUPPORT -- AND FINANCIAL ENDORSEMENTS.
2:322 minutes, 32 seconds A SPOKESPERSON SAYING THE ACTION FUND UNEQUIVOCALLY BELIEVES WOMEN.
2:372 minutes, 37 seconds MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN WHO PREVIOUSLY CALLED PLATNER "MY KIND OF GUY" NOW SAYING DEMOCRATS NEED PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON WHO REPRESENT THEIR VALUES...
2:472 minutes, 47 seconds PLATNER IS HOLDING ON TO áSOME SUPPORT -- AUTHOR STEPHEN KING WRITING ON X THAT HE HOPES PLATNER DOES NOT DROP OUT OF THE RACE...
2:572 minutes, 57 secondsADDING THAT HE THINKS MANY POLITICIANS HAVE CONCERNING BEHAVIOR. INTERESTINGLY... NO WORD YET FROM VERMONT'S INDEPENDENT SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS WHO HAS BEEN A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF PLATNER.
3:073 minutes, 7 seconds PLATNER POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SAY THE ALLEGATIONS ARE FALSE BUT ALSO THAT HE IS TAKING TIME TO REFLECT ON WHAT THIS ALL MEANS FOR HIS CAMPAIGN GOING FORWARD.
3:153 minutes, 15 seconds IF HE DOES DROP OUT... HE MUST DO SO BY JULY 13 -- NEXT MONDAY.
3:193 minutes, 19 secondsTHEN... THE STATE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY WOULD HAVE TO PICK A NEW CANDIDATE TO REPLACE HIM BY JULY 2
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