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Platner scandal: Why Democrats need to win in Maine to take control of the Senate | DW News

Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate in the US state of Maine, has ended his campaign after sexual assault allegations surfaced, which he denies. Platner, an oyster farmer embraced by m

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Trump is also a rapist. I don't think the Americans would actually care :/
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This is why I stopped following the "left" in the US. They are all as deranged as MAGA. It's just another cult of personality. If the "left" in the US really cared about principles or the policies, they would have moved away from Platner a long time ago, and yet they continuously provided excuses for Platner, when many of us tried to warn them, frequently resulting in attacking any on the left that were critical of Platner past.
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Mainer here. We will support the new candidate. We need to remove Collins. That’s the imperative.
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If he was wealthy all these accusations would be ignored - it's the 1% looking after it's own.
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Political hit job. I with still vote for him and will not be voting for any dem that rescinded their endorsement of Platner.
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Imagine German state-run media being hyper focused on a single state in the US. Like Germany doesn't have its own crisises
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The left. Hilarious. The majority of voters in this country are Independent.
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US is full of people wearing Red hats & Blue hats on their empty heads.
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Why is this a blow to democrats? It only shows that they have a clear moral line. In my eyes it makes them more believable. There is an accused rapist (over 20 women) sitting in the White House, that's the story.
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@rrickarr From YouTube ↗ 10 Jul 2026 6
Why is this a problem at all. America did not seem to care about all the sexual anitcs of Donald Trump. Why is America suddenly so concerned?
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0:45 And former Blackwater mercenary who has boasted about killing people while in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Susan Collins didn’t just vote “sometimes” with trump; she voted 97% of the times.
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This is bogus This woman's story is Bull s*it. I'm never giving money to DNC again. Political hit job. HE was kind Media so wrong
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Won't vote for Aipac dems anyway...
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@AZ_GAG From YouTube ↗ 10 Jul 2026 3
This woman is incorrect. The DNC convention occurred AFTER the Biden campaign suspended. Delegates in the party adopted her. This is the exact same process, just a different iteration.
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Politicians, brutal and ruthless.You're not ready for it, don't join it😂
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@JRPetruk From YouTube ↗ 10 Jul 2026 7
This whole video screams "done with approval of the Democrat Party "
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Why was this blockhead popular 😢
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If only he carried some kind sign that would have suggested his character was questionable. Like, a tattoo or something. It’s all so unfair. Who could have guessed? 😂😂😂