All posts tagged "Graham Platner"

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) was backed into a corner on Thursday during a CNN interview when anchor Kasie Hunt asked him to respond to domestic abuse allegations involving a fellow GOP lawmaker from Jordan's home state.

Hunt asked Jordan to comment on Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) after reports that Miller, who was married to Sen. Bernie Moreno's daughter Emily Moreno, had allegedly scalded her with hot water and held a gun to her head.

Jordan initially responded to Hunt's question and said "this is a family matter." ...

A Fox News co-host said Friday that Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) could face a tough road in the upcoming elections to maintain her Senate seat in the fallout over the fatal ICE shooting in her state.

Democratic strategist Jessica Tarlov pointed out that since Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner stepped down from the race amid allegations of sexual assault, it's opened up more questions and scrutiny over Collins' vote on ICE funding as potential Democratic hopefuls push their campaigns forward.

"There is a lot of energy right now in Maine, and it is blue energy in the Democratic sense," Tarlov said. "There is a reason that they are talking about the policies of Graham Platner because they were overwhelmingly popular with the primary electorate."...

Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson unloaded on Graham Platner's denial of damning allegations as he suspended his campaign.

Platner announced he's suspending his Democratic campaign for a Senate seat in Maine via an eleven-minute video. On CNN, Carlson slammed his comments as a "disgusting display" and called on him to "take accountability."

After months of controversies plaguing Platner's campaign to unseat Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), the Democratic nominee decided to suspend his campaign because of accusations of sexual assault that came out earlier this week, which led to supporters like Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) pulling their endorsements and calling on him to withdraw....

Embattled Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner announced on Wednesday that he's suspending his campaign.

Platner already faced a series of controversies before winning the Democratic primaries to run against Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), but earlier this week, he was accused of sexual assault, which led to endorsements being pulled.

In an eleven-minute video posted by his campaign, he continued to deny what he called "false allegations" that are "being used by the political establishment," he said....

A MAGA congressman tried to capitalize on a political scandal, but it ended up drawing sharp online criticism.

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) tried to weigh in on the scandals involving Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner. He appeared on Fox News and took a swipe at Democrats.

"They didn't have a problem with multiple credible allegations of abuse from multiple women," Gill said. "They have had no problem, really unsavory, frankly, disgusting things that he's written on all kinds of social media platforms. We need decent people running for office, not those who are so transparently scumbags."...

With the news that Maine's Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has been accused of sexual assault, and facing massive pressure to drop out of the election, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) took to Fox News to take a victory lap about Republicans' own ability to choose upstanding candidates.

"One thing I know about Republicans is when we had a very bad candidate, we didn't vote for that person. We walked away," said McCarthy.

This triggered a tsunami of outrage from commenters on social media, who were swift to note not only have several Republican candidates been accused of heinous sexual misconduct, including toward kids, only to still receive significant party support, but that Trump himself has a massively long list of women accusing him of everything from harassment to assault....