Platner brands himself a working-class oysterman, but his family wealth and elite pedigree tell a very different story.

It’s official: the Democrats are heading to the midterms with an oysterman from Maine.

Platner, whose campaign was hit by series of negative headlines, to face Susan Collins in key midterm contest

Platner has a gift for demagoguery and is of the rabble-rousing ilk. Voters would be mad to vote for him and he's a bad candidate for Senate.

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

Platner brands himself a working-class oysterman, but his family wealth and elite pedigree tell a very different story.