Platner drops out of crucial Senate race after bombshell rape allegation torpedoes campaign

Fox News ^ | July 8, 2026 | Paul Steinhauser , Andrew Mark Miller , Alexis McAdams , Jessica Sonkin

[Coronal]

Graham Platner, the embattled Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, suspended his campaign on Wednesday amid mounting controversies and growing calls from top Democrats in his home state, in the nation's capital, and across the country for him to immediately quit the race.

[Responsibility2nd]

How much was he paid?

[Fai Mao]

You can tell if this was a political hit if the charges just go away and he’s not prosecuted.

[Ben Dover]

[who knows what evil?]

KDJ announced on Studio 6B that Platner was done...

[Drew68]

Damn.

Who will now speak for the alcoholic rapists with Nazi tattoos if not the Graham Platner.

[who knows what evil?]

Thousands of his supporters STILL running loose in Maine...

[newfreep]

So the “party apparatus” gets to choose their candidate...almost like it was planned to first use an outrageous candidate who would be forced to step down.

[Drew68]

The great comedy here is Graham Platner would've certainly lost to Susan Collins, --as will the person they replace Platner with.

Only now, the Platner folks will be able to say, "Graham would've won if the establishment party machinery hadn't forced him from the race!"

[Texas Eagle]

Listening to his opus now. Seems like he’s not as big a fan of more powerful people than himself imposing their will on him as he is as imposing himself on those less powerful than himself.

[FamiliarFace]

Who did he pick as his replacement?

[cowboyusa]

Likely replaced by another Marxist. Collins will win.

[Dalberg-Acton]

Bill Clinton never dropped out after numerous rape allegations.

Just proves Platner isn’t a real Democrat.

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[Dan in Wichita]

Dang, I was looking forward to hearing about the really, really bad stuff about Platner that was gonna be released in the fall.

[Steven Scharf]

PPH article with the 11 minute diatribe from Graham.

https://www.pressherald.com/2026/07/08/graham-platner-ends-bid-for-maine-senate-seat-amid-sexual-assault-scandal/?link-source=announcement-bar

The fought the establishment and they won on June 9. That establishment knifed him in the back.

Gramham 0, Establishment 1

The establishment he refers to is the Maine Democratic Party.

[Coronal]

He didn’t. Maine Democrats will.

[odawg]

Marjorie Taylor Greene, perceiving that this is all a political hit job, is ready to stand by his side. She can perceive so much more than anyone else.

[maddog55]

What a POS... pathetic speech on the side of the road. Fetterman just said the trash has been taken out.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Open bar tonight, eh Platner?

[vpintheak]

They knew they had a dead horse, so they manufactured something that even the Dim fools couldn’t stomach I guess.
they were willing to vote for a Nazi, but a Nazi rapist? Too much.