Maine Democrat Accused Of Rape Finally Suspends Campaign, But That’s Not Why He Quit
Amy & T.J.
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🗓️ 9 July 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
The democrat who just won 70 percent of Maine’s vote in the primary election, has now officially dropped out of the race. Graham Platner posted an 11 minute video to X last night, stating clearly that is wasn’t the “false” rape allegations that forced him out, but instead, it was because of the Democratic Party itself. Platner claims the political system and the party took away the funding and structure necessary for him to continue his campaign and made it clear he is innocent of the allegations questionably timed to end his candidacy. Now state democrats are racing against time to choose a new nominee to go head to head with Republican incumbent and long time Maine senator, Susan Collins.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.1 | It is Thursday, July 9th, and as expected, |
| 0:10.9 | Graham Platner has dropped out of the race for Senate in Maine. |
| 0:15.7 | But he did not go gentle into that good night. |
| 0:19.2 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:22.6 | Robs, two women came out and accused him of sexual violence. |
| 0:28.4 | He said, that ain't why he's getting out of the race. |
| 0:30.4 | That was something to hear. |
| 0:31.7 | Yeah, he made it very clear that the allegations are false, |
| 0:35.2 | and they are not the reason why he has finally decided to suspend his |
| 0:40.4 | campaign. He did take his time making that decision. |
| 0:44.1 | Sweet time. Come on. Get to it. |
| 0:46.3 | To the point where I was actually thinking, you know what? He may just say, F you to the Democratic Party |
| 0:52.8 | and stay on the ballot. What's you going to do now? Fine. Take away my funding. I'm going to be the champion for the little guy. That's what he was trying to do. He built this thing up. This is an 11-minute video. He dropped that, what, seven or eight minutes in? He waited quite some time before he said, because he could have said, I'm going to fight no matter what. I'm not going to, I'm not going to back down. |
| 1:12.6 | I'm not going to undo the will of Mainers who voted for me, |
| 1:16.5 | the 150,000 people who cast their ballot for me on June 9th in the primary, |
| 1:21.3 | where I overwhelmingly won their support. |
| 1:25.0 | No. |
| 1:25.5 | And he, in fact, took down down or at least tried to take down the |
| 1:30.7 | establishment, the democratic establishment on the local level, on the national level. |
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