The Party That Made Graham Platner Now Wants Him Gone.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee joined a growing list of party leaders demanding Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner get out of the race, after a woman came forward with a detailed account of sexual assault. Platner won his primary this summer as part of a wave of progressive newcomers. Now he says he’s “taking the time” to figure out what comes next, after Politico published allegations that he assaulted a woman he was dating back in 2021. Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who chairs the DSCC, put it plainly in a joint statement. “The


