Posted on 06/27/2026 3:19:03 AM PDT by Libloather
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner took shots at incumbent U.S. Sen. Susan Collins while unveiling a series of policies he said would root out fraud, waste and bribery in Washington.
At a press event outside Collins’ office, the Sullivan oyster farmer cited recent campaign finance reports showing the five-term Republican has received nearly $10 million from individual billionaires and political action committees to fuel her reelection campaign.
According to reporting by the Maine Monitor, the amount billionaires gave in support of Collins is similar to the amount that small-dollar donors — those giving $200 or less — contributed to the Platner campaign. Billionaires gave $9.8 million in support of Collins, while small-dollar donors gave $9.6 million to support Platner.
Platner said that’s just one reason to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which allows corporations to indirectly spend unlimited amounts of money to influence political races.
“Ask yourself, why are nearly 100 billionaires from outside of the state of Maine investing in our Senate race? It’s not because they care about Maine. It’s because they expect a return on their investment,” he said.
Platner supports overturning the Supreme Court ruling by constitutional amendment and imposing lifelong bans on former lawmakers from lobbying Congress.
While Maine voters approved in initiative in 2024 to bypass the Citizens United decision by limiting campaign contributions to political action committees, it was ruled unconstitutional by a U.S. District Court judge.
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Herr Orbengruppenfurher Platner wants to fundamentally restructure the government I see. Just like a nazi would.🙋♂️🙋♂️⚡⚡
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“support of Collins is similar to the amount that small-dollar donors — those giving $200 or less — contributed to the Platner campaign. Billionaires gave $9.8 million in support of Collins, while small-dollar donors gave $9.6 million to support Platner.”
➡️Well, this is a bit disingenuous, considering how ActBlue facilitates Smurfing. Those funds aren’t truly small-dollar donors or even US funds.
“Platner supports overturning the Supreme Court ruling by constitutional amendment and imposing lifelong bans on former lawmakers from lobbying Congress.”
➡️I don’t disagree with him on this. But he wouldn’t be able to end it.
Cant help them laelves I am as much of an oyster farmer as he is seig heil😎😂
Oh brother. How about adding his disabled status for more Identifiability. The disabled Sullivan oyster farmer.
Even more accurate; the Sullivan poop house pud pulling oyster farmer.
That’s a joke, right? Have you ever heard of Soros, ActBlue, Open Society, etc.?
that Maine could even consider electing a Nazi type candidate speaks horrors about the state
having said that, he might have a smart line of attack here....
there IS a lot of concern about Big Money dictating or influencing politics. To which I can only add, it has always been this way (including the anti-corporate and anti-rich aspects).
It has always been this way, long before the Citizens decision adopted it as a form of free speech rights.
The problem really isn’t that controversial court decision so much as it is that, simply: “Money Talks (or screams) and BS walks.” as problematical as that may be...
Rumor has it there will be some utterly stomach-churning videos of Platner coming out at some point during the campaign.
That this fellow is running for office, and could succeed, is an astonishing demonstration of Leftist morality, machinations, media advocacy, and manipulation of an easily manipulated Leftist electorate.
It is a bit frightening. They treat this man in this article as if he were a normal, viable alternative to the execrable Susan Collins.
A Democrat talking about corruption?
This asswipe should live in Cuba or North Korea or some other commie country. He should be shot at 4 times just like the man he criticized and not receive a purple heart because he is a traitor. A woman hating anti-American nazi scumbag. It just goes to show that anyone can run in the democrat party no matter how much of a lunatic they are.
There’s a small scale oyster farmer not far from me. He had a Platner sign up. At least he sells to more than his mom.
This article looks as if it was written by Platner himself.
Platner will win easily.
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