Progressive Dems' full-throated Platner endorsements come back to haunt them after rape allegations

After Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner was accused of drunkenly raping a woman, a litany of progressive Democrats are tucking tail and heading for the hills as their ringing endorsements of the continuously embattled candidate come back to haunt them. Sen. Elizabeth Warren , D-Mass., said at an April rally that Platner is, "My kind of man." She issued a statement Monday night after allegations emerged that Platner drunkenly raped 41-year-old Maine resident Jenny Racicot in 2021. "Now m