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Right on cue, Senate Democrats Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have cut Platner off. If he’s on the ballot the Democratic Party will not support him.
Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who chairs the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), called the allegations “incredibly disturbing” in a joint statement, saying that “violence, abuse and sexual assault are absolutely unacceptable.”
“Graham Platner needs to immediately withdraw as the Democratic nominee for Senate and allow Maine Democrats the opportunity to choose a new candidate who can defeat Susan Collins,” they said. “The DSCC will not invest in the Maine Senate race if Platner remains on the ballot.”
The Democrats want Platner gone.
That’s understandable. Platner is the poster boy for vile and disgusting behavior.
What’s not understandable: how did the Democrats allow him to get this far? They clearly had the ammunition to take him out as a candidate. Why wait so long to use it? Was Janet Mills that unacceptable?
