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MS NOW\u2019s Catherine Rampell offered a series of harsh comments toward Graham Platner<\/a>, the embattled Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, after he suspended his national campaign Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Rampell\u2019s criticism comes after Platner, a populist Democrat challenging Republican Sen. Susan Collins, received countless calls to resign following a rape allegation<\/a> made by a woman he previously dated.<\/p>\n

“Well, that was Graham Platner<\/a> officially announcing that he is dropping off of the ballot\u2026 for federal Senate from Maine,” Rampell said, after showing a video of Platner announcing he would be suspending his campaign. “But taking zero responsibility for any of the scandals and more troubling things in his past that have destroyed that campaign.”<\/p>\n

PLATNER DROPS OUT OF CRUCIAL SENATE RACE AFTER BOMBSHELL RAPE ALLEGATION TORPEDOES CAMPAIGN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Instead blaming, let’s see, corporate media, the political establishment \u2014 lots of hate for the political establishment, saying that. \u2018We banded together. We did it the way we were told we were supposed to make change, and we won. And now they are not going to let us have it.\u2019”<\/p>\n

Rampell pointed to Platner\u2019s allies \u2014 including Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a>, I-Vt., who previously offered his endorsement \u2014 turning their backs on the embattled candidate as the allegations came to light.<\/p>\n

“So lots of finger-pointing and blame \u2014 and not taking any responsibility<\/a>,” Rampell continued. “Note that whoever he conceives of as the political establishment \u2014 you do have many of his once allies, including Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna \u2014 also calling for him to drop out. People who believe many of the same policy ideas that Graham Platner himself says that he was taken down for.”<\/p>\n

SANDERS BREAKS SILENCE ON PLATNER, CALLS ON SCANDAL-PLAGUED PROGRESSIVE TO ‘STEP ASIDE’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Platner\u2019s campaign suspension comes just one month after he walked away with a landslide victory in the state\u2019s June 9 Democratic Senate primary, and only five days before a crucial deadline allowing Democrats<\/a> to replace him with a new nominee ahead of the general election.<\/p>\n

He suspended his campaign just two days after a bombshell report detailing rape allegations from Maine resident Jenny Racicot, who told CNN’s Jake Tapper that “by dictionary definition” Platner “raped” her.<\/p>\n

In a video message posted to X<\/a>, Platner labeled the accusations as “false,” but added the situation has “placed an immense amount of weight” on him.<\/p>\n

PLATNER CAMPAIGN PUTTING ‘THUMB ON SCALE’ TO INFLUENCE POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT, MAINE DEM ALLEGES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“What comes next needs to come from the people, needs to come from the people of Maine,” Platner said. “It needs to be open, transparent and democratic. It needs to be reflecting the will and the values of the people that built this movement.”<\/p>\n

“We believe that for the movement to continue, it can\u2019t be me. And for that reason, we are suspending campaign operations,” Platner continued.<\/p>\n

Rampell seemingly blasted the comments made by Platner in his resignation video, specifically pointing to his claims that “those in power” are working against his campaign.<\/p>\n

“He also said during that ten-minute video that, \u2018All we were asking for was healthcare, was to end the genocide, to use our taxpayer dollars at home [and] to uplift our communities instead of waging war overseas. We were asking for a fair system. We are asking for an end to the corruption,\u2019” Rampell said, quoting Platner.<\/p>\n

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“So, lots of allegations that he was being taken out by nefarious forces that are forcing him to suspend his campaign rather than the drip, drip, drip of scandal after scandal<\/a> that has dogged his campaign and that have littered the last few months with red flags,” Rampell concluded.<\/p>\n

Platner\u2019s campaign was marred by several controversies, including allegations from his ex-girlfriend<\/a> Lyndsey Fifield claiming he removed condoms while the pair were intimate and engaged in physical misconduct.<\/p>\n

In a statement to The Washington Post, the Platner campaign said Fifield’s latest allegations were “categorically false and politically motivated.”<\/p>\n

Previous online comments made on a now-deleted Reddit account<\/a> also plagued Platner\u2019s candidacy, along with a now covered-up tattoo on his chest that appeared to resemble a Nazi symbol<\/a>. He has also been accused of exchanging sexually explicit messages with several women while he was married.<\/p>\n

Platner has repeatedly denied all allegations of misconduct and violence, while insisting the tattoo was of a skull and crossbones.<\/p>\n

In his Wednesday night video, Platner insisted he was not suspending his campaign “because of allegations. We\u2019re doing it because of structures that are being taken away from us by those in power.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Platner for comment but did not receive an immediate response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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