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Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino<\/a> accused top Democrats of putting “power” ahead of principle, insisting many have only turned on embattled Senate candidate Graham Platner after concluding he could no longer win.<\/p>\n

“There were no principles involved here at all,” Bongino told “The Ingraham Angle”<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“The left are the anti-anti-communist. They’re just against us and whatever we stand for to advance their communist agenda, and this guy was a tool that’s no longer sharp for them.”<\/p>\n

KINGMAKER MAMDANI CALLS ON PLATNER TO ‘DROP OUT OF THE RACE’ AFTER RAPE ALLEGATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Several Democrats and progressives, including New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., have either rescinded their support for Platner or called on him to end his campaign following a rape accusation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While still reeling from the initial accusation, Platner was hit with a second allegation<\/a> of sexual impropriety about 24 hours later when, according to a Washington Post report, he was accused of removing condoms during sex with his ex-girlfriend Lyndsey Fifield after she explicitly asked him to wear them.<\/p>\n

The shocking allegations have further jeopardized an already scandal-plagued campaign<\/a> to oust incumbent Sen. Susan Collins.<\/p>\n

NEW EXPLOSIVE ALLEGATION ROCKS PLATNER CAMPAIGN STILL REELING FROM RAPE ACCUSATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Platner’s campaign has denied both accusations, specifically telling The Washington Post that the latter of the two was “categorically false and politically motivated.”<\/p>\n

Platner’s campaign did not respond<\/a> to Fox News Digital’s previous requests for comment.<\/p>\n

Bongino and other Republicans have blasted Democrats after their sweeping change of heart regarding Platner.<\/p>\n

“This is not about any principle whatsoever. It’s not about Platner’s position on women or taxes or anything like that. This is about a simple power equation,” Bongino said.<\/p>\n

“Platner was an acquisition tool for more power for this collectivist communist left. That is it. The sole principle in their triage of needs was power, and he was a useful tool to get there.”<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Peter D’Abrosca contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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