"He's a thug, and they're trying to make excuses for him," the president said. "I mean, he's worth than any human being that's run for office, probably."

I don’t know what to believe about Graham Platner’s past. But I know this. He hasn’t spent the last 40 years transferring trillions of dollars from working people to the very rich.

The populist candidate is facing a series of scandals

Platner decisively won the Democratic Maine Senate primary Tuesday despite a string of controversies.

Controversies about his past dogged the Democrat on the eve of the primary. But he still has a great chance of defeating Susan Collins.

Graham Platner was all but certain to win Maine’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday. But the progressive populist Platner was on course to earn about three-fourths of primary…

"The truth is, Susan Collins doesn't serve us, she serves Donald Trump," said Platner. "She serves her corporate donors and the corrupt political system that has rigged the…

Platner, an oyster farmer and combat veteran, stressed a message of redemption as he promised to oust Susan Collins.

Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, fired back at critics Wednesday after winning the primaries.

The president heartily attacked Platner on Wednesday following the latter's victory in Maine's Democratic Senate primary.

President Donald Trump joked about his checkered relationship with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) as he endorsed her campaign.

US President Donald Trump sharply criticised Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner following his victory in the Democratic primary, calling him a 'low-level thug' and…

His antisemitic and domestic abuse scandals aside, Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is just a lightweight extremist.

"He's a thug, and they're trying to make excuses for him," the president said. "I mean, he's worth than any human being that's run for office, probably."

President Trump, embroiled in scandals himself, attacks Senate candidate Graham Platner as the "worst person to ever run for office." Despite controversies, Platner wins…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump laced into Graham Platner on Wednesday, calling the Senate candidate from Maine a “thug” and a “pig” and suggesting that the Democratic…

While Democrats have made many arguments in defense of Platner, the case for excusing his behavior really boils down to three.