Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson said the sexual assault allegations against Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner are all “pointing in one direction,” following the release of a new campaign video outlining the path forward.“There have been loud whispers for months that there was more to drop on this guy; here’s maybe the big shoe,” Benson said on Fox News’s Special Report with Bret Baier Monday. On Monday, Platner responded to another report of sexual assault allegations against him. The woman, who previously dated Platner, said he sexually assaulted her while severely intoxicated, according to a bombshell report from Politico.
In a video, Platner said he was taking time to “reflect” on his campaign’s “best path forward.”
Benson argued that Democrats are “in a bind” over the allegations: “I don’t think he’s going to stay in the race.”It comes as the Democratic Senate campaign said it won’t spend money in Maine if Platner is the candidate. “The main campaign arm of Senate Democrats called on Platner to drop out and said it would spend no money on the race, which is considered critical to control of the chamber, if he is the nominee,” according to a report from the Associated Press. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), chairwoman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the top Senate Democrat, said the allegations “are incredibly disturbing – violence, abuse and sexual assault are absolutely unacceptable.”
