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Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., believes Democrats are headed for a “reckoning,” pointing to embattled Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner<\/a>‘s refusal to bow to mounting calls from his own party to abandon his campaign amid bombshell sexual misconduct allegations.<\/p>\n

“A reckoning is coming for the Democratic Party,” Kennedy said Tuesday night during a “Hannity<\/a>” appearance.<\/p>\n

“Most of my colleagues in the United States Senate know better. They could see this about Mr. Platner. The guy’s a clown, he can’t even juggle. He’s a ‘Saturday Night Live’ skit, but once the Hamas wing of the party nominated him, it became raw-gut politics.”<\/p>\n

TOP PLATNER ALLY TURNS ON HIM AFTER BOMBSHELL RAPE ALLEGATION ROCKS CAMPAIGN: ‘RED LINE’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Kennedy argued Democrats ignored what he described as warning signs about Platner because they were focused on winning the seat, adding that the controversy now threatens to engulf the party.<\/p>\n

“The selfish part of me says, ‘Run, Graham, run. I’ll send you a campaign contribution.’ But the part of me that wants America’s future to be better than our present or our past knows that this guy is just, he’s a predator. He is a predator, and you don’t want him anywhere near power,” he said.<\/p>\n

EXPLOSIVE SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATION ROCKS PLATNER CAMPAIGN AHEAD OF KEY DEADLINE IN CRUCIAL SENATE RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Louisiana senator’s remarks come as Platner faces calls to back out of the high-stakes race against incumbent Sen. Susan Collins.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sens. Bernie Sanders<\/a> and Elizabeth Warren, who previously campaigned for the Maine progressive, have rescinded their endorsements or called for an end to his campaign in light of a rape allegation by Maine resident Jenny Racicot, 41, who previously dated the scandal-plagued candidate.<\/p>\n

A second allegation rattled Platner’s campaign on Tuesday, when his ex-girlfriend Lyndsey Fifield\u00a0accused him of removing condoms during sex after she explicitly directed him to wear them.<\/p>\n

Platner’s campaign has denied both allegations. His campaign reportedly told The Washington Post that Fifield’s latest allegations were “categorically false and politically motivated.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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