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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

Posted on 07/08/2026 5:29:04 PM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: alexismcadams; andrewmarkmiller; demagogicparty; dontletthedoorhityou; grahamplatner; gutenachtherrplatner; jessicasonkin; maine; paulsteinhauser; portaplatner; susancollins

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1 posted on 07/08/2026 5:29:04 PM PDT by Coronal
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To: Coronal

How much was he paid?


2 posted on 07/08/2026 5:30:11 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: Coronal

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


3 posted on 07/08/2026 5:30:49 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: Coronal
So long, farewell Auf Wiedersehen, goodbye (source) – @thesoundofgifs on  Tumblr
4 posted on 07/08/2026 5:31:15 PM PDT by Ben Dover (Terrorism is a cancer that can only be cured with massive doses of radiation.)
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To: Coronal

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


5 posted on 07/08/2026 5:31:17 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: Coronal
Damn.

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

6 posted on 07/08/2026 5:32:01 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

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


7 posted on 07/08/2026 5:33:03 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: Coronal

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.


8 posted on 07/08/2026 5:34:12 PM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: Coronal
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!"

9 posted on 07/08/2026 5:35:07 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Coronal

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.


10 posted on 07/08/2026 5:36:20 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Coronal

Who did he pick as his replacement?


11 posted on 07/08/2026 5:36:39 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Coronal

Likely replaced by another Marxist. Collins will win.


12 posted on 07/08/2026 5:36:45 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: Coronal

Bill Clinton never dropped out after numerous rape allegations.

Just proves Platner isn’t a real Democrat.

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13 posted on 07/08/2026 5:38:35 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Coronal

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


14 posted on 07/08/2026 5:39:31 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Coronal

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.


15 posted on 07/08/2026 5:39:33 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: FamiliarFace

He didn’t. Maine Democrats will.


16 posted on 07/08/2026 5:40:05 PM PDT by Coronal
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To: Coronal

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.


17 posted on 07/08/2026 5:40:43 PM PDT by odawg
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To: Coronal

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


18 posted on 07/08/2026 5:40:47 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Coronal
Open bar tonight, eh Platner?

19 posted on 07/08/2026 5:41:03 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: Coronal

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.


20 posted on 07/08/2026 5:41:14 PM PDT by vpintheak (The left is violence.)
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