Shocking allegations rocked the political world.
The charges were as ugly as they get.
And Fox News’ reaction to one unthinkable sex scandal left viewers in stunned silence.
Rape Allegations Upend Maine Senate Race
Democrats must defeat Maine Republican Susan Collins if they have any hope of winning the majority in the U.S. Senate.
The party chose controversial oyster farmer Graham Platner as their candidate, and that decision just blew up in the party’s face.
Platner was already facing a raft of scandals about past controversial comments, his Nazi tattoo, and allegations of being a bad boyfriend.
But the death knell for his campaign appeared to come when POLITICO published an article where Jenny Racicot, who is a leftist and wants to see a socialist like Platner in the Senate, alleged that Platner broke into her house and raped her when he was blackout drunk while they were dating in 2021.
POLITICO reported that “Racicot said she had an on-and-off relationship with Platner, who is now the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, for more than two years before he entered her rural Maine home uninvited one night in late 2021, deeply intoxicated, and forced himself on her while she repeatedly told him to stop. She said she cut off contact with him after telling him the encounter was not consensual.”
“I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me,” Racicot told POLITICO. “I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, ‘This is no longer my choice.’”
The Fallout
In a video released after the story broke, Platner claimed the allegations were false,
“These allegations are troubling, serious, and false. Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue,” Platner declared.
Platner then went on to say that he even though he denied the rape charge, he was pausing his campaign to chart the best path forward to achieve the goal of defeating Susan Collins.
“Any accusation of nonconsensual behavior is categorically false,” Platner added. “Regardless of the inaccuracy of the reporting, but mindful of the political reality it will inflict, we are taking the time to reflect on the best path forward for the state I love, the people that I love, the movement I belong to, and the goal of defeating Susan Collins.”
Fox News Special Report host Brett Baier could read between the lines and told senior political analyst Brit Hume that Platner’s statement sounded like the first step in dropping out of the race since Baier noted that under Maine law, Democrats have until July 13 to replace Platner on the ballot.
“That sounds, Brit, like the end of a candidacy. But I don’t know yet. They have until July 13 to change the nominee in Maine,” Baier stated.
Hume told Baier that the timing of the story left Republicans struggling to figure out if it was better for them if Platner stuck it out or got replaced, which likely meant Democrats leaked the story in the first place to try and force out a candidate who polls showed could lose to Collins.
“I think Republican strategists looking at this are probably trying to figure out whether it’s better for them if he gets out or better for them if he stays in,” Hume replied. “He is carrying a ton of baggage from his Nazi tattoo to the sexual allegations that are out there and other exotic statements he’s made that are politically damaging, I think. So, obviously it’s gonna be awkward and hurried for the Democrats to try to womp up another candidate at this stage.”
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