"CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil offered what appeared to be tough words for the Democratic Party on Thursday over its longtime support for former Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner.Dokoupil reported on Maine Democrats' attempt to replace Platner on the ballot after he suspended his campaign over a recent rape allegation from a former girlfriend.During his report, Dokoupil pointed out that many Democrats continued to endorse Platner after several scandals before that."The Big Question tonight is why did so many in the Democratic Party, the party of Black Lives Matter and Believe Women, continue to see Graham Platner as a future star?" Dokoupil said.
"Despite scandal after scandal that seemed to undermine those principles and more? Despite his old Reddit comments about, among other things, why Platner thinks Black people don't tip? Despite his chest tattoo with a Nazi history? And despite the accusations of abuse against women? Through all of that and more, Platner downplayed or denied the claims and was defended by the party in some of its biggest voices."BERNIE-BACKED MAINE DEMOCRATIC SENATE HOPEFUL SQUIRMS OVER PAST GRAHAM PLATNER SUPPORT"CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil reported on former Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner suspending his campaign.(Michael Tessier/CBS)He asked, "So what's behind all that support for him until now? Could it simply be that he was winning? That he had blown out the sitting governor in the Democratic primary? It sure seemed like the Democrats’ best chance to beat Maine's Republican Sen.
Susan Collins.In political circles, the answer, it appears, was yes."Dokoupil pointed to comments made by progressive strategist Daniel Moraff, who was among the liberal activists initially behind Platner's campaign.FETTERMAN UNLOADS ON SCANDAL-PLAGUED PLATNER AFTER RAPE ALLEGATION ENDS SENATE BID: 'ADIOS, TRASH BAG'"I think we want people who didn't run for student council, right? We want people who have n...