He needs to drop out of the race right now.

elections, and Platner speaks well and makes good points. Should he drop out? Should Al Franken have dropped out? I'm not even going to get into it. I believe we must be moral and ethical and I believe we must win. Susan Collins has got to go. May the very best, highest common good choices be made, for the sake of everybody.

Maybe he can't address what he does not remember.

Perhaps he can only deny it.

Maybe you missed that part.

Maybe you missed that part.

to the curb by expelling him from Congress.

continues.

Looks like a classic case of republican rat-fucking to me.

Why is it so hard to believe a man who has blamed women for rape, who admits he mistreated multiple women he was in relationships with, and was sexting outside his marriage right after getting married and was regularly drinking heavily could have sexually assaulted a woman, especially when that woman has multiple outcry witnesses?

Being a Democrat isn't some sort of guarantee of actually respecting women. We still live in a patriarchy.

He would have my support. No one on DU should be allowed to disparage this guy.

The Democratic Party needs to take control of the house and senate. They must for the sake of our Democracy. Yes things are that bad and I am willing to give Platner the benefit of the doubt. Why is this coming out now and not 6 months or a year ago. Sorry very suspect to me. We are watching our democracy disappear before our eyes. 2028 will be too late.

Enough already with attacking our own. We as a party can not survive attacks from within and from the other side.

statement of having been sexually assaulted is not one a woman agrees to while hope exists that your attacker might not be close to a political victory.

Me, I'm suspicious of autopilot defenders.

making it a primary version of an "October Surprise."

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Despite winning the Democratic primary in Maine last month, Senate candidate Graham Platner could be off the ballot in November after a Politico story published on Monday detailed a woman accusing him of sexual assault.

July 13 is the deadline for Platner to withdraw from the race and have a replacement, according to the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices.

The deadline for the Maine Democratic Party to replace their nominee on the ballot is July 27, in accordance with a state law that says a party has until 5 p.m. EDT on the fourth Monday in July of an election year to do so.

“The name of a candidate for an office on the general election ballot who withdraws for any reason 70 days or more before the general election must be removed from the ballot,” Maine law states.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5955769-graham-platner-accused-sexual-assault/

He tentatively has my support until or unless all the evidence comes in.

If he stays the nominee, he'll get my vote no matter what.

But no, we are supposed to ignore everything he did before he decided to run.

And I hope the lady files charges and gets some justice

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I don't think they can expel him.

in regards to what Mainers wanted to vote for.

That’s probably his biggest problem.

for the DNC to take his input seriously as to any replacement candidate or pool of candidates.

I have seen a great deal on the oppo that is out there. This is just one example that Collins would use against Platner in a general election campaign.

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Why would he say he wants a say in his successor if he was planning to stay? And he has no support from the party, not even Bernie now. I expect he'll drop out shortly. It's over for him.

I watched this segment twice last night

@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on the lesson of the Platner campaign: Always wait for the vetting youtu.be/rnKosV5DkqA?...

— The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (@lastwordmsnow.bsky.social) 2026-07-08T04:19:12.688Z