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Posted on 07/07/2026 12:29:44 PM PDT by DFG
Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner appears to be holding the Democratic Party hostage — refusing to drop out after he was accused of rape unless he gets to approve his successor to run for the Senate, The Post has learned.
A source familiar with the campaign discussions said Platner, his campaign and political strategist Morris Katz are deliberating about the Maine Democrat dropping out but only if his replacement shares his left-wing values.
And the clock is ticking for Dems — there’s a deadline of Monday for the 41-year-old oyster farmer to withdraw and be replaced on the ballot, according to state election law.
“This vibes to me like a play from Bernie Sanders to slide in Troy Jackson,” another source said.
The source quipped that Platner “assumes whoever might replace [him] would want a rapist’s endorsement.”
“His team is delusional,” this person said, noting that Katz, a former campaign adviser to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is still recommending Platner stay in the race.
Mamdani also publicly called for Platner “to drop out of the race” on Tuesday.
Elderly Vermont independent Sanders — who was Platner’s biggest backer — reportedly wants former Maine senate president Jackson to get the Democratic nomination to run against Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
Jackson, a logger-turned-lawmaker who appeared with Platner and Sanders at a “Fight the Oligarchy” rally in May, recently came in third in the state’s Democratic gubernatorial primary.
Both Maine Dems have backed higher taxes on billionaires and a “Medicare for All,” single-payer health care system — with Platner leaning more into foreign policy issues and denouncing US support for Israel as “shameful.”
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Once Bernie Sanders got paid to take a dive versus Hillary Clinton, these candidates figure they can follow suit. “Pay me or I’ll double down.”
Well, Che, Mao, Lenin and Pol Pot are all dead so the pickings are slim
It won’t matter. Sanders has dropped him and he won’t be getting much support or funding now.
Thinking the same. You could add Hitler to that list. I’m sure it would be his pick.
They’ll drop in another Dazi, no big deal
Why does The Party even bother holding primaries?
I heard that Platner wants to appoint either Heinrich Himmler or Jack the Ripper.
Platner evidently doesn’t know that both of those men are dead.
Platner to Dem bosses: “At that time I did a favor for you and it might have been I would never see a time when I would ask for a favor in return. But that time has now come.”
You go, Sonny Boy!
Unspoken part of Platner’s winning hand in his deal making against the crime boss Dems: He knows a lot of places to have skeletons come tumbling out of closets.
How very democratic of him.
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The only stroke he has left is doing the knuckle shuffle on his piss pump
Nothing screams Communism more than being able to pick your own successor.
Why not have a primary and leave it to the voters?
His successor will either be a fat guy who likes planes, or else some admiral who likes submarines.
RE: holding hostage...
Platner: Gimme a plane with a full fuel tank, $100,000 in gold bars and a full pardon and nobody gets hurt.
You know, because democracy, 'n stuff.
Did somebody say the Port-a-Potties were just delivered?
“I deliver Port-a-Potties, you get it? PP’s.”
-——Noah Beery character in Little Fauss and Big Halsey.
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