{"id":1122,"date":"2026-06-03T10:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:44:17","slug":"exclusive-trump-tells-pod-force-one-graham-platner-is-a-major-sleaze-bag-but-james-talarico-is-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1122","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Trump tells ‘Pod Force One’ Graham\u00a0Platner is a ‘major sleaze bag,’ but James Talarico is worse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Trump blasted the Democrats\u2019 scandal-plagued Senate candidate Graham Platner as a \u201cmajor sleaze bag\u201d in an interview with The Post\u2019s \u201cPod Force One,\u201d but said Texas Senate candidate James Talarico is worse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The president gave a blunt assessment of the Democrats\u2019 top Senate contenders in an interview with The Post\u2019s Miranda Devine in the latest episode, which is out Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t appeal to anybody,\u201d he said of Democratic candidates, calling them by his new nickname: \u201cThe Dumocrats.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

He expressed astonishment that Platner is beating Republican Sen. Susan Collins in the polls in their Maine Senate matchup. The embattled Democrat holds a 7.8% edge over Collins, according to the latest RealClearPolitics polling average.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a major sleaze bag. I mean, you look at him, you can\u2019t imagine that, but yet he\u2019s up in the polls against Susan Collins,\u201d Trump said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Still, he expressed optimism about Collins, whom he\u2019s clashed with in the past. \u201cBut she\u2019s always down in the polls, and she survives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, are standing by Platner even after a deluge of recent reports on the candidate\u2019s racy text messages with other women while he was married.<\/p>\n

Platner met with party officials behind closed doors in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, slipping in and out of a back entrance to avoid questions from the media.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Trump has even harsher words for Talarico, who is running against state Attorney General Ken Paxton for John Cornyn\u2019s Texas Senate seat. Paxton beat Cornyn for the GOP nomination after receiving Trump\u2019s endorsement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Talarico is worse,\u201d he said. \u201cOf the two of them, I think Talarico is worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cTalarico is horrible,\u201d the president said, repeating his charge that the Texas Democrat is a vegan. Talarico had denied the vegan claim, although his girlfriend does follow the strict no-animal products diet, The Post revealed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Every week<\/em>, Post columnist Miranda Devine sits down for exclusive and candid conversations with the most influential disruptors in Washington on \u2018Pod Force One.\u2019 Subscribe here!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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