Democratic strategist David Axelrod, a former adviser to President Obama, said on X that Platner had “built a powerful movement among voters hungry for change, and that’s why many Mainers were willing to look past previous stories about him” but that the latest allegation “can’t be explained away or excused.”
With Platner off the ballot, Democrats in the Pine Tree State have to act quickly in the must-win race.
Meanwhile, Republicans have seized on Platner’s controversial background as a boogeyman in their fight to protect Collins, the longest-serving Republican woman in the Senate who has held on for five terms despite the state’s overall blue lean.
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