A Blood-Red Line in Maine - The eyes of the nation are on the 2026 U.S. Senate race in Maine.

American Thinker ^ | 8 Jul, 2026 | John F. Di Leo

[MtnClimber]

The eyes of the nation are on the 2026 U.S. Senate race in Maine, since a peculiar Marxist won the Democrat party nomination this past June.

In an explosive Politico report released Monday, July 6, it was alleged that Democrat nominee Graham Platner sexually assaulted his former girlfriend, Jenny Racicot in 2021.

The nominee categorically denies the charge.

They apparently agree that their relationship was “on again, off again,” having met on Bumble in 2019, which makes it somewhat murky, but of course if she said no at the time, that’s rape. She reports that she ended the relationship permanently after this 2021 incident.

Several prominent Democrats have begun retracting their endorsements of the nominee, apparently in the hope that he will drop out of the race in time to meet Maine’s July 13 deadline for the party to be allowed a two-week window in which to select a replacement.

Incumbent senator Susan Collins (R) has been a resilient political icon in Maine for decades. As a moderate Republican, she has comfortably won, consistently, in a state that Democrats always expect to capture. Would the Democrats have won this time, with Platner? It’s difficult to imagine. But the party continued to at least pay lip service to their confidence in Platner until this latest story broke.

The Statute of Limitations

We shouldn’t move on to discuss this issue without addressing the elephant in the room, from the perspective of the criminal justice system: If this happened five years ago, why didn’t the victim come forward before this?

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: leftism; platner

[MtnClimber]

I think he will stay in the race. DemocRATs have no shame.

[lgjhn23]

I think the communists will “Biden” him like they did to old Joe....

[Pete Dovgan]

This is such a classic example of another ‘trick’.

They got Democrats excited about:
Marxists
Hamas Supporters
Terrorists
Antifa
TDS sufferers
Even neo-NAZI
Illegals

They put together this big ‘tent’ which is really just a Circus tent. It’s the same circus they did with Bernie Sanders in 2016 (Switched for Hillary by the DNC), Biden in 2024 (Switched for Kamela) and now they want to do it in Maine to try to get someone to take the seat for the Senate.

It’s all theater people. The Democrats could care less about if their people rape anybody!!! Did they say anything about the poor girl that was Raped by Joe Biden and filed a complaint to the Capital Police? This is just another Democrat Party ‘Bait and Switch’

[chuckee]

Democrat politician hit a woman? Why don’t they try one of their Somalian base to replace Platner. Sometimes fraud rather than assaultive behavior has more appeal within their party.

[Liz]

Just par for the course when a Democrat politician hits a woman.
Hopefully, Dems get one of their thieving Somalian base to replace Platner.
B/c with Democrats, fraud, rather than assaulting women, has more voting appeal.

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That’s so true.

[Dan in Wichita]

From the article:

The Democrats, after all, nominated this guy in an open primary. Democrat voters selected him over more “normal,” relatively inoffensive mainstream Democrats just three months ago, when virtually all his many shortcomings were already known to their Maine primary voters.

What's missing from this paragraph is that the power structure of the Democrat party knows far worse shortcomings were going to hit Platner in the fall campaign, so they want him out now.

[mewzilla]

Maine has RCV for a reason.

[brownsfan]

Doesn’t matter what he does. They could replace him with a pencil eraser. The commies in Maine have been conditioned to vote blue, no matter who.

[OttawaFreeper]

I watched a bit of Hannity last night with Kellyanne Conway filling in for him (I guess he’s away on vacation). In any event, I recall Kellyanne making the observation that here are the Dems trying to win back white male voters with these “caricature” types of them and it seems Platner is one of these and here we have all of these allegations of very improper behaviour towards women and in other instances.

Kellyanne also mentioned that Tim Walz seems to be one of these other Dem caricatures of mid-western, white males and that’s probably why he was Kamala’s VP candidate. Instead of allegations from women, we know Walz is sitting on a mountain of Somali related fraud and corruption in his state as governor.

[Kudsman]

Indeed. I find it suspicious that the Kik enticements to possible young ladies was so casually glossed over. This creature is more than capable of trying similar tactics across other platforms too.

[unread]

"The Democrats could care less about if their people rape anybody.!

That's pretty much what the demonrat party is all about nowadays. Rape, pillage and plunder. Despoilment, destruction, and defilement. Do whatever's necessary to destroy our Republic...

[Ezekiel]

The Democrats, after all, nominated this guy in an open primary. Democrat voters selected him over more “normal,” relatively inoffensive mainstream Democrats just three months ago, when virtually all his many shortcomings were already known to their Maine primary voters.

There is no difference on the issues, after all, between Platner and the less obviously reprehensible Democrat candidates he defeated. They all agree on everything from confiscatory taxation to rabid overregulation, from their lockstep disdain for human life to the open borders policies that the intersectionality of Democrats require every modern progressive to champion, no matter how much damage such policies do to their constituents, their country, and their world.

Then why this guy? I have to question the premise that

Democrat voters selected him over more “normal,” relatively inoffensive mainstream Democrats<<<

Because here was Gov. Janet Mills in October, explaining why Question 1 (Require Voter Photo ID and Change Absentee Ballot and Drop Box Rules Initiative) should be rejected (it was):

So what is this 15-page detailed bill trying to do here? I tell you, this bill just makes it harder for Maine people to vote. Look, voting absentee is safe, it's secure, and widely used across Maine. In the last election, more than 40 percent of Maine people voted by absentee ballot. And during the pandemic in 2022, roughly 60 percent of voters voted absentee.

Safe and secure.

[DIRTYSECRET]

We need to prop him up and carry him across the finish line next week. Do it to the extent possible. If it was an on again-off again relationship let’s muddy the waters by suggesting she came back for more. Anita Hill redux.

[Bon of Babble]

Why should Platner drop out?

He represents the values of the Democrat party: Rape, abuse, fascism, antisemitism, trafficking, pedophilia, baby murder - all are acceptable for Democrats.

[Ezekiel]

A Blood-Red Line in Maine - The eyes of the nation are on the 2026 U.S. Senate race in Maine.

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...In an explosive Politico report released Monday, July 6

In the ongoing

"Battle for the soul of the Nation"

Or soil, as it were.

Nefesh (soul) clearly corresponds to blood itself. Torah testifies to that by stating, “the nefesh of the flesh is in the blood.” Moreover, nefesh is the most basic level of the soul that vivifies the body. Often, the word nefesh is translated simply as “life.” So too blood vivifies the body by providing oxygen and other nutrients to all cells of the organism, and by removing carbon dioxide and other waste products from the blood. Any blockage of the blood flow immediately leads to tissue necrosis. This is why Rashi comments on this verse that life depends on the blood

The Soul is in the Blood

The nefesh is in the physical/blood lineage; e.g. Gen 32:28-32 (where somebody really struck a nerve), or Psa 132:11 --

"The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne."

Know your sephirot:

Malchut: Nefesh, Assiyah (World of Action), David, Shekinah..

Face/presence of the Sun:

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SUN WITH FACE

It's origin on CONUS being "מיין"

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[srmanuel]

It would be great if Graham Platner went scorched earth in Maine.

Instead of dropping out, he doubled down on the race, denied everything, accused the Democrats of trying to get rid of him to put an establishment Democrat in his place, someone they can control because they can’t control him. Run as a total outsider who is dedicated to the people and not the party.

He probably could get Tucker Carlson to endorse and campaign him for him.