SCOUT· 47%35m·2026-07-08·News PoliticsThe Implosion of Graham Platner
The campaign for Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for Senate from Maine, imploded this week after he was accused of rape. Lisa Lerer and Shane Goldmacher, national political correspondents for The New York Times, discuss the battle over who should replace him on the ballot and the identity crisis inside the…
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“Yea, NYT dismissed the Rep. woman victim as partisan........that's the news....but believed the Dem woman....your media is corrupt..your paper didn't want to hurt Platner and the dem. party...”
“It’s the NYT that buried the story to start”
“Platner has No political experience, No higher education, No real job or accomplishments. Minimal earned income which is only from his Mother's restaurant. Even if we forget about all of the Nazi and Sexting and Substance Abuse and Sexual A…”
“is mitch mcconnell still dead? i'd like an update”
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