Maine Democrats Just Told Graham Platner to Get Lost, But He Won’t Go

According to people close to his campaign, Platner won’t drop out without a guarantee that his replacement shares his “values and vision.” He wants to put his thumb on the scale of the very process his party just told him he has zero role in. The man is facing a sexual assault allegation from a witness sympathetic to his own politics, has been abandoned by every major Democratic donor and institution in the country, and still thinks he gets to dictate terms.

Murphy-Anderson’s statement didn’t leave any room for interpretation. The Platner campaign has been repeatedly contacting the party trying to influence the replacement