Rep.Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., said Friday on "News Central" that Graham Platner "has disqualified himself" from Maine's U.S.
Senate race after co-anchor Boris Sanchez asked whether she supported the Democratic candidate's Senate campaign."I think it’s so distressing," Dean said."All of the stories that are coming out, and they’re more and more, it seems, by the hour.
I’m not a voter in Maine, but he has disqualified himself.In my eyes.
He is not qualified to be a representative, a senator.We’ll see what Maine does about it.
And I know Gov.Mills remains on the ballot, but he has disqualified himself."Platner, an oyster farmer and combat veteran, is running for the Democratic nomination to challenge veteran Republican Sen.
Susan Collins.Fox News Digital reported that Lyndsey Fifield, a former girlfriend, told The New York Times that Platner repeatedly grabbed her hard enough to leave marks, pulled her from a cab and, in one incident, twisted her arm behind her back and held her in a room when they dated more than a decade ago.Platner acknowledged personal failings in a statement to the AP while denying the broader allegations.Rep.
Madeleine Dean says Graham Platner has "disqualified himself" from Maine’s Senate race during a CNN interview with Boris Sanchez.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)THE GROWING LIST OF CONTROVERSIES THREATENING DEMOCRAT GRAHAM PLATNER'S MAINE SENATE BID"Any characterization beyond that is false," Platner said, adding that he believed the allegations were "politically motivated."The scrutiny around Platner has extended beyond the latest allegations.
He previously faced revelations about sexually explicit text messages he exchanged with married women, a skull tattoo recognized as a Nazi symbol that he said he did not understand until the campaign and past Reddit posts dismissive of military sexual assault and using homophobic slurs, for which he has since apologized.Dean’s comment also came as Maine Gov.Janet Mills, who suspended active ...