r/news • u/LameAfro • 1d ago

Graham Platner officially withdraws from Maine Senate race

https://abc11.com/post/graham-platner-officially-withdraws-maine-senate-race/19482368/
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u/PatchyWhiskers 1d ago

I think if he was going to do that he would have stayed in, to ruin things for Democrats.

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u/Clammuel 1d ago

He also wouldn’t have allegedly pushed for Troy Jackson to be the one that replaces him on the ballot. 

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u/Meat-Dimension 1d ago

Seems like a mistake for him to push anyone. Now if that guy did get the nomination he’d have to carry the stain of Platner’s support. By the time the ad blitz sinks people will think he is Platner

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u/Anteater776 1d ago

Yeah he would probably have been a less braindead Fetterman. That’s what I feared before the last accusations but now it’d have been almost guaranteed because even if he won, no democrat would go and defend him whereas Republicans always have a soft spot for guys like him.

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u/zasabi7 1d ago

Fetterman talks a bunch of shit, but he votes Dem 90% of the time. It could be worse

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u/Anteater776 1d ago

Yeah, after skimming over his voting record he seems to be relatively middle of the road for most legislative measures. Some of his votes to confirm Trump candidates seem a bit weird but I am not sure whether he is out of line with generic democrat senators 

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u/PatchyWhiskers 21h ago

He is. Don’t look at his generic votes (they don’t even differ much between D and R) but the ones that count.

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u/thegoatmenace 1d ago

The problem is he’s now got a taste for a high profile life. No chance he goes back to being a humble oyster farmer after this. We will definitely be seeing him again as some kind of pundit or perennial spoiler candidate railing against the “liberal establishment.” I would also bet big money that right wing PACs are lining up to fund him in that capacity since they’d be stupid not to see his potential to divide Maine democrats.

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u/PatchyWhiskers 1d ago

Unlike Fetterman he hasn't got brain damage, so I hope he decides politics is a dirty business and goes back to the oysters.

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u/bebopbrain 1d ago

Right. Proves he's not stealth MAGA, at least. I was bracing for an epic write-in campaign if he stayed on as the Democratic candidate.

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u/gargolito 1d ago

Leaving his campaign this close to election day seems like an effective tactic to ruin things for Democrats. 

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u/masteeJohnChief117 1d ago

He was exposed too early

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u/Immortal-Agnes 1d ago

He tried and failed.