Posted on 07/06/2026 3:08:32 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
Augusta, Maine — “Maine Democratic Party leadership takes seriously our responsibility to hold every candidate who seeks to represent our state to the highest standard.
Over the past several weeks, multiple women have made serious, credible allegations against Graham Platner. Today’s statements take those allegations even further.
Maine Democratic Party leadership is calling on Graham Platner to withdraw as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate.
The Maine Democratic Party leadership stands with women and survivors, and that principle does not bend based on party affiliation. We respect the women who made the hard decision to come forward. Speaking up is often costly.
We are entrusted with deciding who represents our values and who carries our banner. That responsibility requires judgment, leadership, and a willingness to act when circumstances demand it.
This Senate race comes at a pivotal moment in the struggle against a government, supported by Senator Collins, that serves the interests of the wealthy and powerful at the expense of ordinary Maine people. It is essential that we refocus this campaign on that struggle”.
Charlie Dingman, Chair
Imke Schessler, Vice Chair
Devon Murphy-Anderson, Executive Director
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Thank you very much and God bless you,
Jim
Aw shucks! He’s Oyster Stew, now.
Rats:
“Platner >> Stalin.”
‘rat overboard!
Never mind!
When being a Nazi Tattooed, Porta-Potty wanking, mommas boy, doesn’t catch up with you, that bad date in 1997, breaks both knee caps in one phrase, thirty years later.
In my opinion, the bounds of moral or patriotic behavior for Democrat candidates left the barn when Obama was running for office. It was well know that he hung around with the likes of “Reverend” Wright, Bill Ayers, and Bernadette Dohrn, anti-American Marxist scumbags all, but it made no difference.
Then Virgina elected Jay Jones-a man who fantasized about murdering his opponent in front of his children, and doubled down on it-as...Attorney General.
They have no morals and no patriotism except to use for pavement on the road to wielding power, Communists that they are.
This shouldn’t be a shock to anyone. It is who they are. Rapists? Nazis? Communists? Pedophiles? Serial Outhouse Masturbators?
The Democrat Party is all of them, and more.
Ron Coleman
@RonColeman
“Nothing matters about a candidate’s character compared to the importance of defeating Susan Collins
“So let’s nominate someone who’s such a scumbag he cannot possibly defeat Susan Collins”
8:09 PM · Jul 6, 2026 6.4K Views
https://x.com/RonColeman/status/2074224280359850408
Where is Rush Limbaugh when you need him? We need Operation Chaos 2026! Keep this scumbag in the race!
I have no idea who they will pull out of their hat, but it’s a bit unfair that Democrats get to do this all the time. It’s also unfortunate that Collins is not strong enough to go out there and rub their noses in it for nominating him in the first place.
Dems are finding more ways to screw themselves and lose a sure thing this November
Will he be given a chance to defend himself, have access to a fair, impartial process and legal counsel, and allowed to confront his accusers, etc.?
Probably not!
Khanna just called for Platner to drop out.
Scumbag democrats. Took them this long. What kind of responsive government-wanna-be takes this long to decide what to do? Imagine those grifter commies on a battlefield, or post tsunami? Amateur leaders, but great liars and grifters. The worst organization on the planet. Oh, forgot about jihadist, murderers.
“who they will pull out of their hat”
As I recollect there is a Janet Mills who I think was a governor.
Pollsters have surely been employed and the result is....
And have you forgotten the debacle of Joe Biden?
Probably 99% of the people posting on FR thought he was demented in 2020....
He did it for der Furher, so it’s ok, right?
The Democrats in Massachusetts kept re-electing Teddy Kennedy as long as he lived after he caused the death of Mary Jo Kopechne by driving off a bridge (probably driving drunk which is why he waited for hours to report the accident). But he got a two-month suspended sentence for doing that.
Nosy, busybody politicians. He should refuse them.
If people nominated him by a primary, which they did, then like ousting Joe Biden for Kamala who never got a vote from the people, they will now have an appointed and anointed new candidate?
NOT democracy.
Stay, Platner.
Take the worthless Dems down with you.
Advice: Expose all the skeletons in the closet and where the bodies are buried for your Dem political enemies.
Hang in there Mr. Platner. The Maine Democratic Party is just a bunch of Nazi-phobes.
/s, of course
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