Graham Platner suspends campaign for Maine Senate seat after rape allegation

Graham Platner suspended his campaign for Maine's U.S. Senate seat following a rape allegation, denying the claims and attributing his decision to political pressures. He lost support from Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ceased financial backing. Platner had faced prior controversies, including a 2013 Reddit thread criticizing sexual assault victims and a Nazi tattoo he later covered.