Posted on 07/10/2026 6:09:43 PM PDT by Libloather
Maine Democrat Graham Platner on Friday formally withdrew from his US Senate bid in a letter to state elections officials that signed off with an F-bomb.
Platner posted on X a picture of the letter, which did not share any immediate details about who he hoped would succeed him to face Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins in November.
The missive touted the 156,084 votes he had received in Maine’s Senate Democratic primary last month, suggesting that his more than 70-percentage-point win showed: “People are desperate for change.”
“Mainers voted for a new kind of politics,” the letter read. “One that is representative of people down here in the real world — not billionaires, oligarchs or the political establishment.”
“Mainers voted for Medicare for All; to ban billionaires from buying elections; and for an end to taxpayer-funded genocide and forever wars,” it also stated.
“F*ck ICE. Free Palestine. Up the Hearts,” it concluded.
Platner, 41, announced the suspension of his campaign on Wednesday after his ex-girlfriend Jenny Racicot accused him of entering her home without permission and raping her in 2021.
The Maine Democratic Party and others withdrew their support in the wake of Politico and CNN interviews with Racicot earlier this week. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee also said it would refuse to invest in Platner’s race if he remained on the ballot.
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What a disgusting punk!
The only thing more disgusting than him are all the useless morons who voted for him.
Free Palestine? Like they could charge for that crap.
How is someone on 100% disability from the government, unable to be working because he has PTSD, yet be a United States Senator???
Platner is the perfect example of what getting free money and healthcare for life can do to you when you don’t have to work. The overabundance of spare time and booze gets you into trouble.
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