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Democrats’ New Golden Boy Is Already Imploding

Democrats thought they found their next political golden boy in Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, but they realize his campaign follows the same pattern as disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell—with an even worse résumé.

Mehek Cooke, a national security and political analyst with The Daily Signal, joined Harris Faulkner on Fox News’ “The Faulkner Focus” to argue that Republicans should stop trying to rescue Democrats from Platner, whose controversies could become a political gift to the GOP.

“As Republicans look at this, they want to let Graham Platner cook,” Cooke said. “Graham Platner has an immediate strategy. He could exit and allow Janet Mills to run, but Democrats aren’t abandoning him.”

Platner is riddled with controversy including a tattoo of a Nazi symbol he got in 2007, and resurfaced Reddit posts containing vulgar and inflammatory comments about race,........

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