Endorsements are being withdrawn

[sheshe2]

Ro Khanna

Link to tweet

Ruben Gallego

Link to tweet

And Hasan Piker
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/elections/major-left-wing-influencer-pulls-plug-on-platner-over-allegations/ar-AA27lnNv?ocid=BingNewsSerp

[senseandsensibility]

1. Bernie?

[sheshe2]

3. Not Bernie so far.

Not my Senator Warren yet either. I love my Senator, but I was disappointed with her endorsement.

Candidates should be vetted before such endorsements are made, especially a newcomer with no political history.

[GPV]

33. Agreed. I was aghast when they endorsed him. We need progressives,

but we also need viable candidates.

[tishaLA]

45. Sen Warren has now withdrawn her support

A flood of Democratic senators joined Schumer and Gillibrand in condemning Platner. Some of his biggest backers — Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) — called on him to exit the race, as did Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). Another staunch supporter and potential 2028 presidential hopeful, Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, withdrew his endorsement. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who had expressed support for Platner last month, said Monday he “cannot support his candidacy.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/democrats-abandon-graham-platner-endorsements-support-00988421

[Skittles]

54. maybe he'll write an essay about it

[lapucelle]

2. And pod guy Jon Favreau (who was instrumental in pushing Platner into prominence)

has cut him loose as well.

[sheshe2]

4. Wow.

[lapucelle]

10. Favreau was such an smug ass to Allison Gill over Platner in late May. She took him to school.

[sheshe2]

15. Wow, he is an ass.

Thanks for posting the exchange, I hadn't seen that one.

Damn! Good for Allison Gill.

[Skittles]

47. mansplaining

SUCKS

[ColoringFool]

16. I guess now Favreau has "some special insight". 😆😅😅😂🤣😅😆

[lapucelle]

20. Hopefully his attitude towards women has evolved.

Favreau 10 years ago

[MorbidButterflyTat]

51. Drunken assholes

[mcar]

19. Favreau should be publicly shunned

He hated HRC, IIRC, hated VP Harris and threw his support behind a sketchy as fck "manly man."

[PunkinPi]

40. Old enough to remember Favreau's disgusting sexism on display re. HRC...

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/12/favreaus-sexist-photo-is-no-laughing-matter

[niyad]

41. Dear Goddess, I missed that one.

[WinningAgain]

5. This was so predictable.

[Skittles]

48. NO SHIT

[niyad]

13. Sorry, all of that information was out there. People here kept pointing

it out, and were chastised, shut down, even had posts removed. Colour me soooo NOT surprised.

[sheshe2]

18. Thank you, niyad.

You are correct, some of us tried to warn people and were shut down and removed multiple times.

[niyad]

25. You are most welcome. We did try.

[JustAnotherGen]

28. I kept out of it

Read a lot. It was exactly as you wrote.

[Lifeafter70]

39. I posted a few post regarding him

And was told if I didn't live in Maine I had no say. So I backed out of the conversation knowing this day would come.
Too many women had come forward too many stories of alcohol abuse.

Plus the guy gave me the creeps

[niyad]

42. In so very many ways.

[Skittles]

50. yup

he makes my skin crawl

[Raftergirl]

53. I didn't even bother because I knew how what I would have said would have not be well received.

He gave me the creeps too. He had sex pest written all over him, among other very questionable things.

[Lifeafter70]

55. I stopped posting couldn't handle the response I got

Having family members who were assaulted and myself regarding domestic abuse, it was very upsetting.

[Skittles]

49. CORRECT

a shameful chapter, indeed

[2naSalit]

17. If collins wins...

I'll never forgive that guy, ever, along with those who breathlessly back him and chastised anyone who had misgivings about him.

I didn't think he'd be able to beat collins and got in big trouble here, on DU, for saying so and why I thought that.

[mcar]

22. Not just on Platner. On all the people who willfully ignored all the red flags

to support him anyway. Because "he's for Medicare for All!!11"

How any times do we have to play this game before some figure it out?

[niyad]

7. The rape apologist posts were on his account for years, only taken

down just before he announced he was running.

[LisaL]

8. But see, that was before he started running.

Therefore doesn't count.

[mcar]

23. Yes, and only Maine voters could speak about him. No one else

[GPV]

30. Well, our views should at least count more than those

from away.

[mcar]

32. Agree. But that doesn't mean others can't offer opinions

We're still being told to STFU because we're not in Maine. I've seen dozens of OP over the years here rightfully complaining about my despicable governor DeathSentence. And my despicable senator Voldemort. I don't recall anyone ever saying people didn't have a right to voice an opinion because they're not in Florida.

Do you?

[GPV]

34. I don't think anyone has to stfu about elections

not in their area, people are entitled to their opinions. But I think that sending money or making ads for candidates is putting a thumb on the scale.

Besides, lecturing each other's is what DUers love to do most. You should have seen the original thread I posted back in '22 about how I as a Green felt that we on the left should be working together. Talk about getting tarred and feathered and run out on a rail.

[LisaL]

35. it did count more because you could actually vote.

All we could do is warn.
One could see this coming from a mile away.

[GPV]

36. But most Platner fans didn't want to hear it. And now here we are.

[LisaL]

38. Yep, they definitely did not want to hear it.

And here we are.

[sheshe2]

11. You are correct. 😧

[Lifeafter70]

43. We were told those post were years ago

And it was reddit so not credible or he was young.. He had changed and was a different person now.
Even tho as you stated most of his disgusting post were still up until he decided to run.

[brer cat]

9. Our concerns about Patner which we expressed earlier

are being validated. I take no pleasure in that because I really want Collins gone, but the character of our nominees is a crucial factor which we cannot ignore if we are to have credibility.

[sheshe2]

12. You are 100% correct, brer.

[ColoringFool]

14. Good thing they aren't members of DU! They'd get a right talking-to!

😆😅🤣😂🤣😅😆😁😆😅🤣🤣🤣😅

Some people might be too quick to accuse, but many might be too quick to support.

[sheshe2]

26. He is on bsky.

I have watched him closely there.

[mcar]

21. WTF were these Dems supporting him?

This has got to stop. We're now in danger of not taking over the senate bc of yet another great white progressive hope and his, shall we say, foibles.

People on the left hated HRC because she got paid to give speeches. That was disqualifying to them. But a guy with obvious, shall we say, issues? He's A OK.

[niyad]

27. Very telling, is it not?

[lapucelle]

24. Sprinting towards the exit...

[GPV]

29. My Rep has withdrawn hers as well.

[GJGCA]

31. Dr. McCoy:

He's dead, Jim.

[lapucelle]

37. Ritchie Torres for the win...

[sheshe2]

44. Ha!

Good for Richie Torres!

TY!

[WinningAgain]

46. The Platner fanbois shouted down any dissent.

Lot of high posters backed him, maybe less time posting and more time doing some research.

[Skittles]

52. NOW they get it