Platners Senate race exit: Letters to the Editor July 11, 2026

The Issue: Graham Platner drops out of the Maine Senate race in the wake of fresh sex-abuse accusations.Graham Platner suspending his bid for the US Senate should be a relief and a warning to all Americans (“Plat out of Maine race,” July 9).Platner is a cancer that seems to be spreading in the Democratic Party.The label “Democratic Socialism” should be rebranded to “Democratic sociopaths.” One definition of a sociopath is useful here: They often disregard the rights and feelings of others, lack empathy and remorse, and often manipulate or deceive others for personal gain.Martin GarfinkleStaten IslandPlatner may be a “repugnant dirtbag,” but is he really more repugnant or a bigger dirtbag than the president who brags about grabbing women’s genitals, lies about elections, pardoned Jan.

6 criminals, protects Epstein pedophiles, trashes our allies, praises our enemies, was found liable in the E.Jean Carroll case, misused charitable funds, paid off a porn star and much more?Matt DwyerNaples, Fla.What has the Democratic Party come to? It was apparent from the outset that Platner was not a decent human being.

Yet Sens.Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer and Cory Booker and Rep.

Ro Khanna all endorsed him.The Democratic Party no longer represents “We the People.” Instead, it is focused on pursuing an agenda that, in my view, would undermine Western civilization as we know it.Jim MillarFitzwilliam, NHThe Post’s editorial chronicling Democrats’ sad trip on the Platner roller-coaster can be cut down to a fragment buried in the middle of the piece: “Democrats have been so wrapped up in their Trump hate, they failed to . . .” Fill in the blank (“Dems’ Moral Bankruptcy,” July 8).Trump has played them so well that they are continuously on the back foot, so frazzled that they are unable to organize effective opposition to his policies.Warren NittiEdgewater, NJThis Platner situation is not new.When former Gov.

Andrew Cuomo was ...