If Platner was running as the Republican he is, I'd be rooting for him.
I just. I cannot stomach the fact that a mercenary with a Nazi tattoo is calling himself a Democrat (while attacking Democrats)
Publius Maximus
I’m not from Maine, but Catherynne is, and her piece is worth reading. It happens to echo my own feelings on the situation (the “whatever we think about Platner Collins is demonstrably worse”) but better written and from somebody actually on the ground in the place.
New piece (from an actual Maine voter) on Graham Platner, the media's sudden "concern" over us poor dumb Mainers, and how I came around to voting for him:
catvalente.substack.com/p/the-democr...
catvalente.substack.com
I went to see Graham Platner speak and all I got was this lousy sack of bullshit from people on the internet who don't even go here