America 250 State Fair attendees questioned why Democrats waited until a rape allegation emerged to abandon U.S.Senate candidate Graham Platner, arguing the party ignored a string of earlier controversies before finally calling on the Maine candidate to drop out."The Democratic Party has a lifespan that's not much longer," Nancy from Tennessee told Fox News Digital."They realize — party's sinking, and one of the ways to keep it from sinking is get the dead weight off the ship and he is a piece of dead weight," she added.After a woman Platner previously dated, Jenny Rapricot, accused the Democrat of rape in two bombshell Monday reports, members of the party finally began to rescind their support for the progressive Senate candidate from Maine.Bob from Maryland speculated of Democrats, "I think they're so worried about not getting the House or Senate back, or the presidency, they'd do anything."SEE IT: MAINE VOTERS SOUND OFF ON PLATNER'S DIVISIVE CAMPAIGN AS CRUCIAL PRIMARY NEARS: 'HE'S A DISGRACE'U.S.
Senate candidate from Maine Graham Platner speaks during a campaign event at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6859 on May 17, 2026, in Portland, Maine.During the event, he received an endorsement from the Veterans for Responsible Leadership and hosted a veterans town hall to answer questions and discuss ending the war in Iran.
Platner is expected to be the presumptive Democratic nominee and would face off against Sen.Susan Collins (R-ME) for the Senate seat in the general election.
(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Rapricot told CNN and Politico about her allegation of rape against Platner.She claims that in 2021 he trespassed into her home intoxicated and forced himself on her — despite her repeatedly demanding he stop.If that bombshell allegation wasn't enough, within 24 hours of the reports becoming public, the Washington Post published Lyndsey Fifield's accusations that Platner, whom she also dated, would remove condoms during sex in a "sneaky way."Rapricot's allega...