Graham Platner Loses His Major Backers After Rape Allegation
The post Graham Platner Loses His Major Backers After Rape Allegation appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline Top Democrats from both wings of the party called on Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner to drop out after a new sexual assault allegation against him was made public Monday—an all-but-certain death knell for his campaign. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at his Primary Election event on June 9, 2026 in Blue Hill, Maine. (Photo by CJ Gunther/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Facts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., whose early support boosted Platner’s campaign, rescinded their endorsements, while the Senate Democratic campaign arm and the Maine Democratic Party both called on Platner to step aside in the race after a woman who dated Platner accused him of raping her. Platner, calling the allegation “serious, troubling and false,” said in a video statement posted to X shortly after the story broke in Politico that