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Maine event: Dems descend into chaos over Platner exit — claiming fate of entire party is at stake
NY Post ^ | 7/11/26 | Geoff Earle, Gabrielle Fahmy

Posted on 07/11/2026 12:41:10 PM PDT by Libloather

Maine Democrats announced it will hold its convention July 25 to pick a new nominee for US Senate to run in Graham Platner’s place in November — but some party members aren’t waiting until a new name emerges from the ashes of the accused rapist’s campaign.

Prominent lefties in Congress are already raising money — claiming the fate of the entire party is at stake.

“Our path to flipping the Senate runs directly through Maine. If we flip Maine, we flip the Senate,” Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) wrote in a desperate fundraising email Friday.

“But if Susan Collins wins, Trump gets two more years of unchecked power,” she pleaded, asking her base in New York to send $100,000 for an “emergency fund” for Maine by midnight.

“If we don’t flip this seat, our hopes of flipping the Senate are crushed,” added Gillibrand, who chairs the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

The early fundraising pitch is also a way for Maine Democrats get a campaign war chest going before they have a new candidate who might not be all that appealing.

And most of those who have thrown their hats in the ring to replace Platner — who is dropping out after a woman publicly alleged this week he drunkenly raped her in 2021 — are all literal losers.

The leading contenders are all Democrats who lost in the party’s primary for Maine Governor just last month.

Former director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nariv Shah, came in second in that race, while Maine fifth-generation logger, Bernie Sanders-backed Troy Jackson, was third and Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows got fourth place.

In addition to losing in the governor primary, Bellows, 51, also lost badly to Susan Collins — the Republican nominee she’ll face off against if...

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To: alancarp
"Have they actually seen Collins' record?"

She's a RINO. They want a Marxist.
41 posted on 07/11/2026 2:28:21 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: Libloather
... fate of entire (democratic) party is at stake.

I think I just ca....oh, never mind.
42 posted on 07/11/2026 2:28:39 PM PDT by know.your.why
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To: Libloather

But if Susan Collins wins, Trump gets two more years of unchecked power”

That’s a knee slapper right there.


43 posted on 07/11/2026 2:36:04 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: Libloather

“Entire ‘democrat’ party at stake”. That seems to be the order of the day. What ever they don’t like they tear it down so they can rebuild it in the way they want it to be. They want a full throated communist party but they’ll keep the Democrat logo.


44 posted on 07/11/2026 2:36:40 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: Libloather

Collins must be afraid of something. I keep seeing on Facebook she is now supporting the Save Act.


45 posted on 07/11/2026 2:41:41 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: Az Joe

Uh, oh.

DSA-endorsed Democrat who could replace Graham Platner has allegations of his own

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4638502/dsa-endorsed-democrat-troy-jackson-allegations-maine-senate-race/


46 posted on 07/11/2026 2:42:01 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Maine Mariner

> Governor Janet Mills came in second behind Platner in the June 9 primary. Her name is nowhere to be found on the list of candidates.<

She dropped out. A conspiracy theorist would say she was told to drop out because there was so much dirt on Platner and she would be appointed later. It became a guaranteed nomination if she dropped out.

The conspirist would also say she was told she only had to win in November and would be replaced by another party favorite when she chose to resign from the Senate.

Democracy must be saved!

EC


47 posted on 07/11/2026 2:46:29 PM PDT by Ex-Con777 ("Journalism is about covering important stories-with a pillow, until they stop moving." ~ David Burg)
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To: Libloather

The dems will continue to cheat their way to relevance, regardless of how loathsome they are and what they represent. It’s what the do.


48 posted on 07/11/2026 2:46:34 PM PDT by Rlsau1
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To: Steven Scharf

I agree with you, the convention is going to be a mess. If she is heading off for vacation now, your implication is that she has no intention of seeking the nomination. Am I right?


49 posted on 07/11/2026 2:58:34 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: Libloather

Dimocrats do not need no convention. Just throw in the next contestant on the steal an election show. Caramel was not burdened by what johad been. Coulda won with a non superman contester too. God bless America!


50 posted on 07/11/2026 3:12:25 PM PDT by Recompennation ( Deeeeeeeeezout)
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To: alancarp

It seems somewhat ridiculous that the Democrats are so obsessed with getting her out of office when she votes With the Democrats 90% of the time. She’s not a Republican except on paper.


51 posted on 07/11/2026 3:27:16 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there)
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To: Libloather
Nariv Shah, yet another mud man foreigner.

52 posted on 07/11/2026 4:05:31 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Libloather

53 posted on 07/11/2026 4:09:31 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Cool! Maybe Platner will show up full Rambo for the Maine convention and go postal. Sweet!

54 posted on 07/11/2026 4:10:02 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: MinorityRepublican

How do you see this happening? Democrats have systematically driven away the more reasonable, sane party members for many years now, leaving only an increasingly radical fringe revolutionary remainder.


55 posted on 07/11/2026 4:18:25 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

56 posted on 07/11/2026 4:19:51 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: OrioleFan

Responding to post 45

Susan Collins has always supported the house version of the SAVE Act.


57 posted on 07/11/2026 4:24:58 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: rlmorel

lol…that’s really good!


58 posted on 07/11/2026 5:16:56 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

59 posted on 07/11/2026 5:41:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is just a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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To: Libloather
Let them settle it by duels.

With sawed-off shotguns.

At five paces.

60 posted on 07/11/2026 6:08:41 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys many aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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