{"id":1310,"date":"2026-06-07T20:07:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2026-06-07T20:07:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:07:57","slug":"as-platner-targets-senate-seat-fellow-democrats-hold-their-noses-ahead-of-maine-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1310","title":{"rendered":"As Platner targets Senate seat, fellow Democrats hold their noses ahead of Maine primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) &#8211; Reports about presumptive Senate nominee Graham Platner&#8217;s \u200bpast have left some of his fellow Democrats feeling uneasy about him just days before the \u200cstate&#8217;s primary.<\/div><div>Multiple Democratic lawmakers on Sunday expressed reservations about their party&#8217;s likely choice in November&#8217;s race to represent Maine in the Senate, even as Platner holds a wide lead in polls ahead of Tuesday&#8217;s primary election.<\/div><div>Appearing on morning TV talk shows, congressional Democrats criticized him \u200bto varying degrees, though none of them called for him to end his campaign amid reports he exchanged \u200bsexual messages with women while he was already married and that past romantic partners described \u2060his behavior as &#8220;toxic.&#8221;<\/div><div>For Representative Tom Suozzi of New York, the reports from several news outlets last week cast a brighter \u200bspotlight on long-simmering concerns. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been unsettled about Graham Platner for a long time about the issues and the positions \u200bhe takes on issues, not just the allegations about his personal conduct,&#8221; Suozzi said on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; program.<\/div><div>Senator Mark Warner of Virginia said the reports about Platner are &#8220;disturbing&#8221; if they turn out to be true. But the election success of President Donald Trump, \u200ba Republican, shows that politicians can survive allegations of bad behavior toward women, Warner said on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week&#8221; show.<\/div><div>&#8220;I \u200bthink President Trump set a new standard,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Whether that low standard is what we ought to proceed with, I think it&#8217;s \u200cgoing to \u2060be again in the hands of the voters.&#8221;<\/div><div>Platner&#8217;s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. He previously has apologized for the text messages, while calling reports about them and other past behavior politically motivated.<\/div><div>Representative Ro Khanna of California, who campaigned for Platner in Maine this week, said on Sunday that Democrats should admit his behavior was \u200bunacceptable and then shift the \u200bdiscussion to critical national \u2060issues.<\/div><div>&#8220;We should focus on acknowledging it was misogynistic, acknowledging it was wrong, moving on with redemption,&#8221; Khanna told CBS&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; program.<\/div><div>If Platner wins on Tuesday, he is expected \u200bto face longtime Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, in one of the country&#8217;s most \u200bclosely watched political \u2060battles.<\/div><div>Republican lawmakers in TV appearances criticized Platner, who is scheduled to hold a town hall in Maine on Sunday evening.<\/div><div>Platner&#8217;s past is &#8220;very, very troubling,&#8221; said Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, a Pennsylvania Republican, who also appeared on the CNN program. &#8220;We have to set \u2060a higher \u200bbar,&#8221; Fitzpatrick said.<\/div><div>Republican Senator Dave McCormick, also of Pennsylvania, called Platner one \u200bof the Democrats&#8217; &#8220;extreme&#8221; candidates.<\/div><div>&#8220;Who would have thought you could be a misogynist, have allegations of violence against women &#8230; and have the mainstream of your \u200bparty endorsing you?&#8221; he said on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Sunday Briefing&#8221; show.<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Timothy Gardner\" class=\"wp-image-1305\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ae2581af8186bac0edaea875352e822c.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Timothy Gardner<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Linkedin<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1308\">NASA to wear Prada as luxury group pushes into space industry<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1306\">US lawmakers warn Pulte appointment could thwart surveillance law\u2019s renewal<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1303\">US considers buying Chagos Islands, Telegraph reports<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports about presumptive Senate nominee Graham Platner&#8217;s \u200bpast have left some of his fellow Democrats feeling uneasy about him just days before the \u200cstate&#8217;s primary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-1310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-united-states"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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