Graham Platner Disaster Caused by Trump Derangement Syndrome

The implosion of Maine’s U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner’s campaign has been an easily predicted event for months. But not only did Democrats at every level fail to uncover his background; after they learned about it, they waved it away. As late as April 18, after many of the revelations about him had come out, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) called Platner “my kind of man.”

Democrats were so desperate to find an “authentic” progressive with blue-collar roots to take on incumbent GOP Senator Susan Collins (R., Maine) that they threw due diligence out the window.

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The implosion of Maine’s U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner’s campaign has been an easily predicted event for months. But not only did Democrats at every level fail to uncover his background; after they learned about it, they waved it away. As late as April 18, after many of the revelations about him had come out, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) called Platner “my kind of man.”

Democrats were so desperate to find an “authentic” progressive with blue-collar roots to take on incumbent GOP Senator Susan Collins (R., Maine) that they threw due diligence out the window.