Platner 'Taking Time To Reflect' on 'Best Path Forward' Following Rape Allegation ^39.4%

Washington Free Beacon - By Peter Hasson - 7/6/2026, 8:30 PM

Negativity Bias 38.7% - Framing Effect 30.9% - Appeal to Emotion 20.7%

Left-wing Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is "taking the time to reflect on the best path forward" after an ex-girlfriend accused him of drunkenly entering her house uninvited and raping her in 2021. The woman, 41-year-old Jenny Racicot, told Politico that she had texted Platner before the encounter and "told him not to come over."... more