A slew of Democratic lawmakers and public figures have begun withdrawing endorsements of Graham Platner after a report that a woman accused him of sexual assault. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing The Guardian.
Democratic senator Ruben Gallego called the allegations “troubling and deeply serious” in a social media post, adding that he will rescind his endorsement.
Former Democratic National Committee interim chair Donna Brazile said that “it’s time for Mr. Platner to step aside and be replaced by July 13th”.
Representative Ro Khanna called the allegations “very serious and credible”, also calling on Platner to drop out from the race. “I am withdrawing my endorsement,” Khanna wrote in a post on X.
As of Monday, Platner had canceled a handful of campaign town halls planned in Maine.