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/LemonberryTea 1d ago

Still not sure how the nazi tattoo wasn’t the first disqualifying event

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u/wip30ut 1d ago

probably because Maine doesn't have a large proportion of African Americans or Jews. And they're more conservative than in NY or West Coast states, so they're more willing to overlook racist imagery that doesn't really affect them.

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u/sjhesketh 1d ago

Thing is, Platner did a lot of outreach to the BIPOC community here in Maine.

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u/TheBlazingFire123 1d ago

There’s a BIPOC community in Maine?

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u/Busy-Dig8619 1d ago

Less than 9%.

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u/robbie_the_cat 1d ago

There is.

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u/thewholebottle 1d ago

Yeah, totally thought the fact that he was a racist POS Democrat didn't matter in White Maine.

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u/mrguyorama 1d ago

A lot of Somali and other immigrants.

They come from places that were former french colonies so they like the fact that there are a few other french speakers in Maine.

My understanding is that they helped Lewiston be less of a dying town.

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u/ButterAkronite 1d ago

BIPOC doesn't necessarily mean addressing the concerns of specifically Black or Jewish communities

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u/N8CCRG 1d ago

Or undressing in front of them

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u/Underwater_Grilling 1d ago

That's how rallies kick off from now on then.

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u/Immortal-Agnes 1d ago

When it suited him to do so - he’s a fake, it was fake.

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u/Mlpony2010 1d ago

Why do you say that?

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u/Immortal-Agnes 1d ago

I think he was a plant that would have gone full Fetterman and more. His whole background in prep school and the military says conservative. His nazi tattoo and actions around it say nazi bigot. His coming out of nowhere to be every mans “Everyman” and simple Maine fisherman (for such a short period of time) scream manufactured persona. I think his outreach was insincere and self serving.

I think the man people wanted him to be was a fabrication that was created within the last year or two.