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It's Not Just Graham Platner That Needs To Go.

The writer argues that Sanders should be held responsible for backing Platner and questions his judgment in doing so.

It's Not Just Graham Platner That Needs To Go.
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This article1 analysis · Oct 5, 2026
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A Daily Kos community writer argues that Graham Platner should leave his Senate campaign and faults Bernie Sanders, Janet Mills and others for supporting him or failing to scrutinize him. The piece also criticizes Elizabeth Warren for backing Platner.

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I · VT · SEN

Senator criticized for endorsing Graham Platner

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Maine Senate candidate criticized for her campaign and for not investigating Platner

Mills's version of this story ↗

Maine Senate candidate whose campaign and supporters are criticized

Platner's version of this story ↗
Tulsi Gabbard
Former U.S. Representative (D-HI)

Former Sanders endorsee mentioned as an example of Sanders’s judgment

Susan M. Collins
R · ME · SEN

Maine senator whose campaign is said to have found damaging material about Platner

Former president mentioned in connection with Ryan Grim’s past reporting

Elizabeth Warren
D · MA · SEN

Senator described as having supported Platner

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Bernie Sanders Urges Graham Platner to Leave Senate Race

Outlets agree that Bernie Sanders recommended Graham Platner leave Maine’s Senate race after a woman accused Platner of sexual assault. Platner denied the allegation. Left-leaning outlets split between reporting Sanders’s call and criticizing his earlier support; Daily Kos frames the episode as a failure of progressive vetting. Center outlets focus on Sanders’s recommendation, the allegation and denial, and party decisions. Right-leaning outlets emphasize political fallout and Fetterman’s demand for an apology, while some cast Sanders’s shift as Democratic hypocrisy.

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