Support for embattled Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is cratering among Democrats, with one of his most prominent supporters calling on him to exit the race following a harrowing rape allegation.Rep.Ro Khanna, D-Calif., rescinded his endorsement and called on Platner to suspend his campaign following a bombshell Politico report detailing an accusation of sexual assault by Maine resident Jenny Racicot, 41, who previously dated the scandal-plagued candidate.Platner immediately denied Racicot's account — which alleges that he barged into her home in 2021 and forced her to have unprotected sex — but has said his campaign is determining its next steps."I’ve been very clear that sexual assault or violence against women is a red line," Khanna said in a post on social media Monday evening.
"These allegations are very serious and credible.Graham Platner should drop out from the race.
I am withdrawing my endorsement."Rep.Ro Khanna, D-Calif., speaks at a town hall event on Feb.
20, 2026 in Stanford, California.The town hall focused on taxing billionaires and the future of AI.
(Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images)DEMOCRATS BREAK WITH SCANDAL-PLAGUED GRAHAM PLATNER, WARN OF 'CIVIL WAR' IN PARTYThe blistering statement comes as Khanna, a far-left populist with likely presidential ambitions, had embraced Platner's insurgent Senate campaign for months amid a patchwork of controversies.Khanna personally campaigned with the Maine Senate hopeful in June shortly before Platner won the Democratic primary nomination.The campaign stop came just one day after Lyndsey Fifield, a former Platner girlfriend, accused Platner of abuse — an allegation first reported by The New York Times that Platner has fiercely denied.By that point, Platner was also facing scrutiny for sending sexually explicit messages to at least half a dozen women while married, making a plethora of offensive online statements over the period of a decade and getting a Nazi-linked tattoo that he wore for most of ...