Graham Platners rape allegation: Letters to the Editor July 8, 2026

The Issue: Democrats calling for Graham Platner to drop out of the Senate race following rape allegations.The progressive wing of the Democratic Party spent months making one excuse after the other for disgraced US Senate candidate Graham Platner, and it worked (“Platner ‘Rape,’ ” July 7).He became Maine’s Democratic nominee.But now they are calling for accountability after an ex-girlfriend’s rape allegation against him.What do these hard-core left-wingers want to have happen to Platner if he’s found guilty? Who would arrest him? Who would keep him removed from society? Who would make sure the victim has closure? Because the ideology growing in the modern Democratic Party would prevent all of these actions from taking place.It’s not a coincidence that a party connected to the breakdown of the law would attract someone with such serious accusations of criminal behavior.Evan GrollmanHighland Park, NJCould Dems’ cowardice be more clear? An SS tattoo is acceptable to our fine senators from New York, home to the single largest Jewish community in the United States and outside of Israel.

However, once they hear rape, they condemn him in a phony gesture of nobility.So having tattooed a symbol advocating for the horrors committed against Jews is not worthy of condemnation?The bard said conscience makes cowards of us all, but that assumes one has a conscience.Elizabeth SchultzManhattanSo when Platner’s poll numbers showed him leading Republican Maine Sen.Susan Collins by 10 points, all the Democratic politicians said the party had a large tent, even welcoming the Nazi-tattooed accused sexual predator Platner.

Then his poll numbers started to drop and Sen.Collins was catching up.

That’s when these shameful Democrats decided to believe all women.Brenda WangMiddletown, NJLet’s see: A Nazi tattoo is OK, assault allegations are OK, disparaging remarks about combat veterans are OK — but a rape allegation and now he’s not Dems’ “kind of man” a...