Greene deletes post criticizing Platner accuser
Greene deleted the post after Politico reported a rape allegation against Graham Platner, as top Democrats urged him to leave the race.
- On Monday, Maine Senate Democratic nominee Graham Platner paused his campaign following a Politico report detailing rape allegations, stating he would "reflect on the best path forward."
- Jenny Racicot, 41, accused Platner of raping her in 2021 after the pair met on Bumble in 2019, telling Politico she feared retaliation from the candidate, who denies the account.
- The Maine Democratic Party urged Platner to withdraw, while DNC chair Ken Martin joined other Democrats in cutting ties as former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene deleted a post criticizing Racicot.
- Prior to the rape allegations, Platner faced campaign controversies including resurfaced Reddit posts, a sexting scandal involving his wife, Amy Gertner, and a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol.
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Analysis: Platner may be done. Voters' hunger for change and willingness to take risks will remain
Graham Platner's bid for Maine Senate may be all but over, but it's likely other candidates will find themselves on a similar path in the future. The pattern of an outsider who beats the party establishment in primaries only to…
POLITICS: Graham Platner Faces Exit As Greene Exposes AIPAC Ties – The Beltway Report
The campaign landscape shifted hard this week as Graham Platner’s standing crumbled, Marjorie Taylor Greene seized the moment to expose troubling connections and push a blunt message on assault reporting, and a separate thread about personal preparedness and public health warned Americans to get local and get healthy. This piece runs through those moves in plain terms, explains the political stakes from a conservative angle, and lays out why now…
Graham Platner Faces Exit As Greene Exposes AIPAC Ties
The campaign landscape shifted hard this week as Graham Platner’s standing crumbled, Marjorie Taylor Greene seized the moment to expose troubling connections and push a blunt message on assault reporting, and a separate thread about personal preparedness and public health warned Americans to get local and get healthy. This piece runs through those moves in plain terms, explains the political stakes from a conservative angle, and lays out why now…
Graham Platner Loses Sanders, Warren and Schumer Support Within 24 Hours of Rape Allegation
Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner has lost the backing of some of the party's most prominent figures within 24 hours of a woman accusing him of rape, increasing pressure on him to withdraw from Maine's closely watched Senate race. Platner has denied the allegation, describing any accusation of non-consensual behaviour as 'categorically false'. The political fallout gathered pace after Politico published interviews with Jenny Racicot,…
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Platner Rape Allegations Look Like a 'Political Hit' Job
Tuesday on ABC's "The View," former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner could be the victim of a "political hit job" after a rape allegation from 2021 surfaced. The post Marjorie Taylor Greene: Platner Rape Allegations Look Like a ‘Political Hit’ Job appeared first on Breitbart.
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