Platner Unleashed a Movement. Where Will It Go Next?
PoliticsNo description available.FOLLOW TOPIC --:----:--Upgrade to ListenProduced by ElevenLabs using AI narration11READ IN APPLEWISTON, Maine — They had been waiting for someone like Graham Platner. Sure, it was an act—he was a prep-school dropout playing hardscrabble oysterman—but they all did that! The stories about him—the ex-girlfriends, the Nazi tattoo—they helped.
- ▪PoliticsNo description available.FOLLOW TOPIC --:----:--Upgrade to ListenProduced by ElevenLabs using AI narration11READ IN APPLEWISTON, Maine — They had been waiting for someone like Graham Platner.
- ▪Sure, it was an act—he was a prep-school dropout playing hardscrabble oysterman—but they all did that!
- ▪The stories about him—the ex-girlfriends, the Nazi tattoo—they helped.
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Platner Unleashed a Movement. Where Will It Go Next?On June 9, more than 150,000 Mainers voted for Platner in the Democratic Senate primary—more than any Democrat had ever won in a Senate primary in the state.(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFrom immigration enforcement to the war in Gaza, the young leftists inspired by the Maine Senate candidate are still steering their party’s direction.By Peter Savodnik07.21.26 — U.S. PoliticsNo description available.FOLLOW TOPIC --:----:--Upgrade to ListenProduced by ElevenLabs using AI narration11READ IN APPLEWISTON, Maine — They had been waiting for someone like Graham Platner.
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