Democrat Nazi Rapist Platner Drops Out Of Maine Senate Race

Only after the rape charge came from a liberal (who did not come forward at first because she shared his politics. Are these people sick or what?

The rape charges from conservative women were ignored and sanctioned by the Democrat party of treason.

DRIVE-BY MEDIA: When a woman accused Maine Democrat Graham Platner of abuse, the New York Times protected him instead of reporting it. Then a second woman, Jenny Racicot, came forward alleging rape, citing that exact cover-up as the reason she decided to speak out. pic.twitter.com/kkH4ZVd9Ih

— @amuse (@amuse) July 7, 2026

I don’t think it should be lost on anyone that Graham Platner’s accuser didn’t report the alleged rape as long as she thought he could win. Get that. She wanted her rapist to become the US Senator for Maine, so she stayed silent as long as she thought he might win.

It was only…

— Paul Elam (@RealPaulElam) July 8, 2026

When a woman accused Maine Democrat Graham Platner of abuse, the New York Times protected him instead of reporting it. Then a second woman, Jenny Racicot, came forward alleging rape, citing that exact cover-up as the reason she decided to speak out.

Platner drops out of crucial Senate race after bombshell rape allegation torpedoes campaign

Platner’s withdrawal clears the way for Maine Democrats to name a new challenger to Republican Sen Susan Collins

By Paul Steinhauser, Andrew Mark Miller, Alexis McAdams, Jessica Sonkin, Fox News, July 8, 2026:

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.

Platner, a populist Democrat backed last September by progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was challenging longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a high-profile, combustible and expensive race in Maine, which is one of a handful that will determine if the GOP holds onto its slim Senate majority in November’s midterm elections.

“For the movement to continue, it can’t be me. For that reason, we are suspending campaign operations,” Platner said in a video posted to social media.

Platner’s exit from the race comes five days before a crucial deadline, which, if he had missed, would have prevented Maine Democrats from replacing him with a new nominee on the general election ballot.

The suspension of his campaign took place one month after Platner won a landslide victory in Maine’s June 9 Democratic Senate primary, but just two days after an explosive report on Monday afternoon contained an allegation of rape from a woman he previously dated.

Addressing those allegations, a visibly irritated Platner charged, “This is all false. The things that have been claimed did not happen. It is not real.”

And Platner, who has run an outsider, anti-establishment campaign for nearly a year, pointed to the political class and argued, “the brutal political reality is they are going to take everything away from us.”

Platner said that if he continued his bid, he’d lose the ability to raise money and access crucial voter data, essential elements to any campaign.

“Those in power who have the ability to do so are using these allegations as an excuse to take away all the things that we need to run a campaign,” he charged.

Longtime Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, following Platner’s announcement, said in a post on X, “Democrats are going to defeat Susan Collins, win Maine, and take back the Senate.”

The Marine Corps combat veteran and oyster farmer became the all-but-certain party nominee in the spring, after two-term Gov. Janet Mills, who had been backed by Schumer and the Democratic establishment, suspended her bid after significantly trailing Platner in fundraising and polling.

Platner’s suspension of his campaign comes ahead of a 5 p.m. deadline on Monday, July 13, set by state law, for candidates to withdraw from the race.

Since Platner dropped out ahead of the deadline, the Maine Democratic Party will be able to replace him on the general election ballot. The party needs to select a new nominee by July 27.

The Maine Democratic Party on Tuesday night, in a stunning announcement, said that party officials were working “around the clock” to determine a replacement process, but claimed that Platner and his team were trying “to put their thumb on the scale of what this process looks like.”

Platner’s team, responding, said they had reached out to the party but denied they were trying to put any “finger on the scale.”

A couple of hours before Platner dropped out, the state party announced it would hold a nominating convention to choose a new Senate nominee, if Platner were to exit the race.

That didn’t appear to sit well with Platner, who in his video said, “What comes next needs to come from the people. Needs to come from the people of Maine. Needs to come from the voters who on June 9….said no to this kind of politics. Voted for a politics that would actually represent them. Vote against the political system. Against the donor class. Against the entrenched forces.”