CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JUNE 10, 2026
GRAHAM PLATNER IS OUT AS MAINE’S SENATE DEMOCRAT NOMINEE. GIVEN HIS BACKGROUND, HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN NOMINATED IN THE FIRST PLACE. SUCH IS THE LEFT ‘S LUST FOR POWER.
AS THE TRUTH CAME OUT ABOUT EVEN MORE OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOR BY PLATNER, POLITICIANS RUSHED TO WITHDRAW THEIR ENDORSEMENTS AND THE STATE PARTY CUTOFF MONEY TO HIS CAMPAIGN.
LOOKING AT THE POLL NUMBERS HE WAS DEAD IN THE WATER. A RECENT NEW YORK TIMES POLL THAT CAME OUT BEFORE THE RAPE ALLEGATIONS SHOWED INCUMBENT SUSAN COLLINS LEADING PLATNER BY 21 POINTS WITH WORKING CLASS VOTERS. HISPANICS AND OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS ALSO BEGAN SLIDING FAST.
PLATNER HAD SAID IF HE QUIT THE RACE HE WANTED TO INFLUNCE WHO WOULD REPLACE HIM. THE HEAD OF THE MAINE DEMOCRAT PARTY SAID NO WAY. WHAT ABOUT THE VOTERS? THEY SHOULD GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO PICK SOMEONE, THOUGH THAT PERSON WOULD LIKELY HOLD THE SAME EXTREME LEFT VIEWS AS PLATNER, BUT MAYBE WITHOUT PLATNER’S HEAVY BAGGAGE.
SUSAN COLLINS HAS QUIETLY BEAT EVERYONE THE LEFT HAS THROWN AT HER FOR 30 YEARS. SHE IS LIKELY TO DO SO AGAIN. AS SOMEONE SAID, DEMOCRATS MAY HAVE GIVEN REPUBLICANS THE MID- TERM ELECTION ON A SILVER “PLATNER.” I’M CAL THOMAS.
