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DAVID MARCUS: The age of the Democratic Party blocking fringe outsiders is officially over

Schumer declared 'We're going to beat Susan Collins' after meeting with the presumptive Maine nominee

By David Marcus Fox News

Published June 3, 2026 10:23am EDT

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There were two events on Tuesday that offered more proof of a national Democratic Party establishment that has lost control: One was a meeting, one an election, and both are harbingers of real danger on the American left.

The meeting took place in Washington, D.C., between the presumptive Maine Democratic Senate nominee, the Nazi tattoed, serial sexter Graham Platner, and members of his party in that body.

Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, points to a covered tattoo that had previously been an image recognized as a Nazi symbol, during an interview on Wednesday in Portland, Me. (WGME via AP)

Some, mostly through wishcasting, thought this would be the end of the alleged oysters farmer’s run. Instead, it was a coronation, as was predicted in this column last week.

A decade ago, one phone call from a party leader could have ended Platner’s run, but those days are gone. Today, the Democratic Socialists of America will no longer allow it.

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