{"id":4175,"date":"2026-07-10T21:08:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4175"},"modified":"2026-07-10T21:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:08:03","slug":"accused-rapist-graham-platner-formally-withdraws-from-us-senate-bid-with-scathing-message-to-party-establishment-free-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4175","title":{"rendered":"Accused rapist Graham Platner formally withdraws from US Senate bid with scathing message to party establishment: &#8216;Free Palestine&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Maine Democrat Graham Platner formally withdrew from his US Senate bid in a letter to state elections officials on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4173\">Tyler Robinson\u2019s lawyers make last-ditch bid to hide evidence from public \u2014 as they advise him not to take the stand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Platner posted on X a picture of the letter, which did not share any immediate details about who he hoped would succeed him to face Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins in November.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4171\">Nolan Wells\u2019 heartbroken mom details final time she saw son alive before fateful 4th of July trip<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Here\u2019s the latest on the bombshell sexual assault allegations which forced Graham Platner to drop out of Maine Senate race :<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Graham Platner drops out of Maine Senate race in light of rape accusations<\/li>\n<li>Mamdani\u2019s silver-spoon socialist fixer races to Graham Platner\u2019s side as they plot how to blackmail Dem party<\/li>\n<li>Graham Platner trying to put \u2018thumb on the scale\u2019 as Maine Democrats look for replacement Senate candidate, state party claims<\/li>\n<li>Graham Platner rape claims finally force top Dems to make pathetic U-turn: \u2018My kind of man\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The missive touted the 156,084 votes he had received in Maine\u2019s Senate Democratic primary last month, suggesting that his more than 70-percentage-point win showed: \u201cPeople are desperate for change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4169\">CENTCOM sends 20 US warships \u2014 and two aircraft carriers \u2014toward Iran after Trump threatens to reinstate naval blockade<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cF*ck ICE. 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