Posted on 05/27/2026 11:54:53 PM PDT by Libloather
Top Democratic officials and lawmakers are breaking with Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner as his past blunders and online history stack up.
Platner’s ascendency to the top of the ticket in Vacationland broke with the Democratic establishment in Washington, D.C., and since Maine Gov. Janet Mills exited from the race, questions about whether he is the right choice to take on Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, have exploded.
Much of that is fueled by scandals that have cropped up seemingly week after week, be it a tattoo on his chest of a Nazi symbol or inflammatory posts online.
Some in the Democratic Party warn that it’s spurring a “civil war” between the moderate and left wings of the party.
Melissa DeRosa, former New York Mayor Andrew Cuomo’s chief of staff, told Fox News’ Bret Baier that Platner’s rise and ensuing questions of his fitness as a candidate are demonstrative of the bubbling conflict within the Democratic Party.
“The main race really demonstrates the civil war that’s happening within the Democratic Party, and there are a lot of Democrats, moderate Democrats like myself, who will not cry tears should we lose Maine,” DeRosa said.
“I mean, that would be a pickup to begin with.”
Senate Democrats view Maine as one of the most viable pickup opportunities in the 2026 midterm cycle in their quest to regain control of the upper chamber.
Platner is not the candidate that party bosses wanted, but since jumping into the race last year, he has built a growing national profile that reached new heights earlier this month when he landed on the cover of Time magazine.
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You’d think he had a tattoo of Dick Cheney on his chest...
“Some in the Democratic Party warn that it’s spurring a “civil war” between the moderate and left wings of the party.”
If you’re going to shoot each other call me! I will donate ammo. Hell, I’ll reload it for you. 57 grains of 4831, under 165 grain Sierra, 30 call boat tail, 2750 fps. No problem. Call BR549. You can pick your primer or I’ve got CCI and brass. Did I mention 30-06. Enjoy!
Sounds like a good time to stock up a bit on popcorn. This could get quite entertaining.
They can see the trend. Are they going to send in a replacement for Talarico, ala Joe Biden?
Nice way to insult the people of Maine, DeRosa!
Regards,
What establishment Democrats should be concerned about is the ascendant communist takeover of their party. Sanders/Planter/AOC/Ma’amdami policy prescriptions are basic communism with all that it implies. The AOC wing has dropped identity politics and embraced class warfare. The Democrat establishment is shackled to a corpse. There’s nothing they can do until another complete electoral drubbing.
There are no moderates in the Democrat Party.
The communists took over the Democrat Party decades ago. They are only saying out loud what they have always believed.
True, but the “Democrat Socialists” tactical shift is from establishment incrementalism to outright communist revolution. Communists have reached peak infiltration of key institutions. If not now, when? Think of it like the Tet offensive, If elected the only way to get them out power will be with bullets.
Of course not.
The dems pretty much have Maine no matter what most of the time with both "Republican" senators being RINOs.
Can’t remember what coach said this “theu are who we thought they were”
Dims do what dims do
Like the media I cant hate them enough
Maine has RCV for a reason.
Speaking of ME...
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BREAKING: Maine’s citizen-led referendum to ban boys from invading girls’ sports and bathrooms has been REMOVED from the ballot after Maine’s Democrat Secretary of State Shenna Bellows discarded enough signatures.
This is the same lady who took Trump off the ballot
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“You’d think he had a tattoo of Dick Cheney on his chest...”
That’s a GREAT line. Hope you don’t mind me using it.
“There are no moderates in the Democrat Party.”
…and there are no independents that aren’t Democrats
The Democrats already have Collins.
Will we see a Torricelli II? Will they dump this Nazi?
Torricelli was so corrupt that he even stood out in New Jersey which the most corrupt state in America. The rodents dumped him 12 days after the law said they could. The Republicans took it to court and a Democrat judge said it was the will of the people and therefore it was okay.
Anyone know the rules for removal in Maine?
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