After reports over the weekend that Graham Platner sent sexually explicit text messages to women while he was married, Democrats are standing by Maine’s presumptive Democratic Senate nominee.
Asked on Monday if he was rethinking his support for Platner, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. — the progressive leader who endorsed the oyster farmer just days into his campaign — told MS NOW, “Certainly not.”
It was a similar sentiment from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. — another Platner booster — who brushed off questions about the candidate’s indiscretions and pivoted to rising gas prices, the war in Iran and Democratic hopes of unseating the Republican incumbent, Sen. Susan Collins.
It’s not the first controversy to hit Platner’s campaign ahead of the June 9 primary in Maine. But the text message scandal is threatening to shake up a key competition for Democrats as they plot their way back to the majority.
And not all Democrats sound as dismissive.
This is a preview of an article by Mychael Schnell. Read the full article here.
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