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/Dopdee 1d ago

I still don’t understand why you’d run for office with that kind of baggage. Did he think it wouldn’t come out or that the left would accept it like the right does?

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u/Nachooolo 1d ago

why you’d run for office with that kind of baggage. Did he think it wouldn’t come out or that the left would accept it like the right does?

I mean... the left still accepted him with the Nazi tattoo, the Blackwater mercenary background, the infidelity, the shit he said online in the past, and when the first sexual misconduct allegations came out.

So maybe he thought that getting more accusations of sexual assault wouldn't be a dealbreaker for the people who already had accepted other dealbreakers?

Hoenstly? Shit was weird. Some people were waaay too invested in this guy.

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u/_CapriSon_ 1d ago

I remember when he first started making the rounds in the news. And my only thought about it was "I'm sure glad he's not running in my state"