Axelrod: Platner followed Trump’s ‘tawdry playbook’ with exit video

David Axelrod on Wednesday bashed Graham Platner’s campaign suspension announcement, comparing his remarks to President Trump’s “tawdry playbook.”

“In the end, Platner chose as his closing act a page right out of @realDonaldTrump’s tawdry playbook. Deny. Deflect.  Refuse responsibility,” Axelrod wrote on the social platform X. “Play the martyr; slime your accusers. Platner built an admirable movement. But there was nothing admirable about the way he said goodbye.”

The Maine Senate candidate’s 11-minute video announcing the end to his campaign operations largely blamed the Democratic establishment for a string of allegations unearthed during his time on the trail.

Platner was recently accused of rape by two of his ex-girlfriends and previously made headline news for past Reddit posts described as racist and homophobic. A separate scandal arose over one of his chest tattoos that resembled a........

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