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Democrat Graham Platner suspends campaign for key US Senate race after assault allegation | BBC News

Following Graham Platner being accused of sexual assault, Democrats have called on him to drop out of the race considered pivotal to their chances of gaining control of the US Senate.

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@Viviorko From YouTube ↗ 10 Jul 2026 1
This is why Israel backed candidates need to have background checks.
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This is a big opportunity for Democrats to be better, not to pass purity tests, but to support someone who can make real systemic change.
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He is For The People and this threatens The Cabal.
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If he's not guilty, then why is he dropping out? Anyone can make accusations against anyone! Person was ex girlfriend and you don't know what their relationship was like! It's her word versus his! There's zero evidence of the crime!
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We knew they would pay an accuser to torpedo his campaign at the last minute. Accusations and state surveillance is why normal people can't get into politics. He should've played ball is the message
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The Democratic establishment never liked Platner to begin with. I'm sure there ecstatic about all this.
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@ElWst From YouTube ↗ 10 Jul 2026 6
There's a republican running for Governor of Colorado who admitted he killed someone as a child and intimated he's killed others as an adult. He's also lied about rescuing 45,000 women and children via his 'charity.' I look forward to the BBC story about it.

The standards held, reported and expected are different though. We know that
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The Dems are not forgiving of criminals. Good .
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I saw that headline as "Palantir".... should have know the BBC wouldn't be reporting on that.
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bbc, hire me to save democracy
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Who could have guessed that the bloke with the emblem of the SS emblazoned on his chest for twenty years was a bad guy?
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The only way to clean house is with a clean brush. He had to go.
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At least the Democrats will actually turn on a candidate for this stuff unlike people who vote for candidates actually convicted in court for this
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@Ianmundo From YouTube ↗ 10 Jul 2026 19
The same allegations were levied at a current member of the Supreme Court, and was barely a speed bump in their confirmation.
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It was only a matter of time.
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Good riddance!
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That was an admission of guilt
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People who supported Platner must be feeling pretty devastated right now.