Speaking at a town hall following days of negative revelations about his online posts and a tattoo that resembled Nazi imagery, Graham Platner was defiant.
“The amount of money and time it takes to dig through somebody’s entire past who has not lived a very public life is extensive and yet they are willing to expend those resources,” Platner told the audience in Ogunquit, Maine, on Wednesday evening.
“They are not trying to organize people. They are trying to destroy my life,” he pushed back.
As the Democratic Party tries to find its way after last year’s loss to President Donald Trump, progressives are also engaged in an internal struggle over what disqualifies a candidate they like. Platner’s candidacy for US Senate from Maine is the latest litmus test as Democrats try to decide their candidate against moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who has been notoriously hard for Democrats to beat in her career.
“Voters are will
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