CNN Can't Find a Single Maine Democrat Who Won't Vote for Platner #Political
CNN's biased man-in-the-street interviews strike again.
Last month, the network cherry-picked two Texas Republicans who said they wouldn't vote for Ken Paxton in the general election, including one who said he'd "absolutely" vote for James Talarico. It was then fair to ask how many actual Paxton supporters they interviewed before settling on just those two.
It was more of the same on Saturday's CNN This Morning: Weekend. Reporter Danny Freeman hit the streets in Maine ahead of Tuesday's primary. There are over 386,000 registered Democrats in Maine. But Freeman couldn't find — or CNN chose not to air — a single one who said he would refuse to vote for scandal-plagued candidate Graham Platner.
The closest he came was finding a supposed Janet Mills supporter who lamented Democrats would lose in November — but she did not say anything about whether she would abandon her party's nominee!
One woman named Bonnie Depp said she'll probably vote for him because "I don't think a lot of this crap is anybody else's business."
The most telling example was a woman who flatly accused Platner of lying when he said he didn't realize that the tattoo he'd been sporting for 18 years was a Nazi SS-inspired Totenkopf: "He's an intelligent man, of course, he knew about it." But that didn't stop her from declaring: "I'm gonna vote for him, yeah."
Then there was "Zoo Cain," who said he wasn't interested in Platner's "foibles," and supports him because he "loves" what he says on the issues. Zoo lamented that "everybody is piling on" Platner. Yeah, how unfair to raise a candidate's personal history!
Finally, there was the Democrat voter for whom ignorance was bliss: "Don't know if it's misinformation or disinformation, right? Like, I don't know. Do any of us really know what's gonna be, or what kind of character he has? Don't know. Unproven."
Actually, Platner has admitted much of his misconduct. But that was way back five years or so ago! He's a changed man!
When the candidate is a Republican with troubling issues, CNN has no trouble finding party members ready to abandon ship. But for Democrat Platner, whose Totenkopf tattoo he covered up after first claiming ignorance, plus allegations of toxic and threatening behavior toward women, suddenly every voter interviewed is either enthusiastically on board or holding their nose but voting anyway because Senate control matters more.
Party loyalty über alles. Or to borrow our Jorge Bonilla's brilliant take: "Maine Kampf."
CNN This Morning: Weekend
06/06/26
6:04 am EDTVICTOR BLACKWELL: Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, let's talk about him. He may be a favorite to win Tuesday's primary in Maine, but he is also quickly losing voters' enthusiasm. Platner is a Marine vet, an oyster farmer, and the front runner to take on Susan Collins in the November election, but a barrage of scandals from a covered-up Nazi-linked tattoo to toxic relationship allegations has voters ready to cast their ballots while holding their noses. CNN's Danny Freeman talked to voters in Maine about how they feel about voting for Platner.
BONNIE DEPP: Either get it all out there or shut up. One of the two.
DANNY FREEMAN: For many Maine Democratic voters we spoke with, they said they're frustrated with Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, who they feel could give them the best shot at defeating long-time Republican Senator Susan Collins, and pave the way for Democrats to take control of the Senate. Are you considering holding your breath and voting for him?
DEPP: I got until Tuesday to decide, but I'm pretty sure I'll vote for him. I don't think a lot of this crap is anybody else's business.
FREEMAN: For some Democrats, they're willing to look past the interpersonal stories.
"ZOO CAIN": I'm not really interested in the guy's foibles. You know, I'm interested in his vision and what he has to say, and I love what he has to say. So yeah, it's been definitely difficult because everybody is piling on this guy.
FREEMAN: But others didn't buy Platner's tattoo explanation.
SANDRA BRADEN: He's an intelligent man, of course he knew about it. I don't blame him for denying it, but —
FREEMAN: But that's still not enough not to vote for him, you're still gonna vote for him, likely.
BRADEN: — I'm gonna vote for him, yeah, but I don't like it. I'm not in favor of all that [bleeped.]
FREEMAN: Still, for some, the drip, drip, drip has left voters confused.
WOODY HAYWOOD: I don't know if it's misinformation or disinformation, right? Like, I don't know. Do any of us really know what's gonna be, or what kind of character he has? Don't know. Unproven. So is it the devil that we have, the devil we know or the devil that we don't know yet?
FREEMAN: According to a pair of recent polls conducted before the latest allegations, a head-to-head matchup between Platner and Senator Collins appears competitive. One with no clear leader and the other showing Platner with an advantage. While Platner is the clear favorite to win the Democratic nomination on Tuesday, another high-profile candidate's name is still on the ballot. Governor Janet Mills suspended her campaign back in April, but a source now tells CNN she's been getting encouragement to reenter the primary. Beth Dindas, a Mills supporter from the start, thinks it's likely too late.
BETH DINDAS: I think that ultimately, unfortunately, we're going to lose this race again, and we're going to have six more years of Susan Collins, who has let down the people of Maine time after time.
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