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珍妮·拉西科特，41岁，指控普拉特纳强奸，促使沃伦、舒默和吉利布兰德撤回对他的背书
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前众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡在《杰西·沃特特斯黄金时段》节目中谈及针对格雷厄姆·普拉特纳的最新性侵指控，称民主党此举是“政治抹黑”，因为普拉特纳的民调支持率正在下滑。
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周一，在一名强奸指控引发其最知名支持者的全面反抗后，民主党迅速倒戈反对缅因州参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳，党内各方纷纷呼吁他暂停竞选活动。
此前，41岁的缅因州居民珍妮·拉西科特在接受《政治报》和CNN采访时指控普拉特纳强奸，称近五年前，这位参议院候选人醉酒后擅自闯入她的家，尽管她多次试图让他停下，他仍强迫与其发生性关系。
当时与普拉特纳断断续续交往的拉西科特告诉《政治报》，在普拉特纳强迫她发生无保护性行为后，她立即断绝了与他的联系，她说：“我清楚地记得那一刻，我心想，‘这不再是我的选择了。’”
她还告诉CNN，所谓的遭遇完全是“字典定义上的强奸”。
普拉特纳的最新指控者称这位民主党参议院候选人“绝对”强奸了她
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6400390685112Graham Platner accuser pushes back on claims allegations are ‘politically motivated’
普拉特纳随即发表声明否认拉西科特的说法，并表示他“正花时间反思其岌岌可危的竞选活动的最佳前进方向”。
周一，绝大多数民主党人表示不愿给普拉特纳这个机会，许多议员纷纷发表声明，呼吁这位参议院候选人立即终止竞选。
呼吁来自普拉特纳最坚定的进步派支持者，也来自党内建制派阵营——他们中的大多数人在普拉特纳6月赢得民主党初选提名后，才刚刚团结在他身后。
“绝不能容忍性侵，”普拉特纳最知名的支持者之一、马萨诸塞州民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦在撤回背书的声明中说道，“当前形势危急，格雷厄姆·普拉特纳的最佳选择是作为民主党提名人参选之外的途径，直面这些严重指控。”
与此同时，曾与普拉特纳紧密结盟的加利福尼亚州民主党众议员罗·卡纳也撤回了对他的背书，并在强奸指控的消息传开后，呼吁普拉特纳退出竞选。
新墨西哥州民主党参议员马丁·海因里希和亚利桑那州民主党参议员鲁文·加列戈也在周一撤回了支持，加列戈并未直接呼吁普拉特纳暂停竞选。
福克斯新闻民调：缅因州参议院竞选势均力敌，两名候选人都引发担忧
在6月普拉特纳的前女友林赛·法菲尔德指控其虐待后，进步派议员仍持续支持普拉特纳——普拉特纳多次否认该指控为虚假且带有政治动机。
《纽约时报》首次报道法菲尔德的指控后次日，卡纳特意前往缅因州与普拉特纳一同竞选。
卡纳此前曾在多次采访中表示，如果出现性侵指控，他将与普拉特纳划清界限，但他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，这位参议院候选人正在“为自己的过去负责”，并认为普拉特纳值得被救赎。
2026年6月9日，民主党联邦参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳在缅因州布鲁因希尔的初选活动上发表演讲。（CJ·冈瑟/盖蒂图片社）
建制派民主党人的反应同样迅速，参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默，以及民主党参议院竞选委员会主席、纽约州民主党参议员柯尔斯滕·吉利布兰德公开要求普拉特纳“立即”暂停竞选，以便民主党有时间推出新的候选人。
这两位资深民主党人在6月普拉特纳赢得初选后才刚刚背书支持他，此前他们的首选候选人、缅因州民主党州长珍妮特·米尔斯因筹款困难退出了竞选。
“如果普拉特纳继续参选，参议院竞选委员会不会为缅因州参议院竞选投入资金，”两人周一在联合声明中写道。
与舒默立场一致的参议院多数党政治行动委员会——一个致力于帮助民主党人当选参议员的顶级外部支出团体——周一也表示，只要普拉特纳仍在参选，他们就会将资源从缅因州转移出去。
普拉特纳的核心盟友在重磅强奸指控撼动竞选后倒戈：“这是红线”
这一警告发出之际，民主党正面临替换普拉特纳作为党内候选人的紧迫截止日期。根据缅因州法律，如果普拉特纳在7月13日下午5点前退出，他的名字可以从选票上移除，州民主党可在7月27日前推出替代候选人。
民主党将缅因州视为11月中期选举中夺回参议院控制权的关键翻转机会，但普拉特纳迅速崩盘的竞选可能会破坏这些计划。
他的一系列丑闻——包括与纳粹有关的旧纹身、婚姻期间的不忠行为——已经让民主党内部严重分裂，而该党正试图击败长期任职的缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯。
柯林斯周一发表声明称强奸指控“令人震惊”，但拒绝就普拉特纳是否应继续参选置评。
缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯在一名缅因州女性指控格雷厄姆·普拉特纳强奸后，对其进行了谴责。（格雷姆·斯隆/盖蒂图片社；希瑟·迪尔/盖蒂图片社）
民主党参议院候选人因称警察为“机会主义懦夫”的复出言论遭抨击
其他来自党内温和派阵营的议员，包括亚利桑那州民主党参议员马克·凯利和密歇根州民主党参议员埃莉萨·斯洛特金，也公开呼吁普拉特纳终止竞选。在周一的强奸指控曝光前，两人都未正式背书普拉特纳。
许多缅因州知名民主党人周一也呼吁普拉特纳放弃参议院竞选，包括缅因州民主党众议员切莉·平格里，以及她的女儿、前州众议院议长汉娜·平格里——她是接替米尔斯的民主党州长候选人。
前缅因州公共卫生官员尼拉夫·沙阿和州参议员特洛伊·杰克逊——两人都曾竞选该州长席位，并被视为普拉特纳的潜在替代者——周一也表示，普拉特纳应该退出竞选。曾与普拉特纳一同竞选的杰克逊，也是普拉特纳背书支持接替米尔斯的候选人之一。
周一，大批左翼组织也撤回了对普拉特纳的支持。
“今日报道的指控令人深感不安，且不符合参选资格，”隶属民主党的“终结公民联合组织”主席蒂芙尼·穆勒在声明中说道，“所描述的行为与我们对所支持候选人的标准完全不符。”
致力于选举民主党退伍军人的组织“投票退伍军人”也撤回了对普拉特纳的背书——普拉特纳曾多次赴海外执行部署任务。与此同时，由前桑德斯竞选团队工作人员创立的左翼组织“我们的革命”呼吁普拉特纳退出竞选，同时要求其继任者秉持他的极左翼政策立场。
佛蒙特州独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯是普拉特纳为数不多的 remaining 进步派支持者之一，截至周一晚间晚些时候，他尚未就这性侵指控发表任何意见。
桑德斯的发言人未回复置评请求。
2026年5月24日，佛蒙特州独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯与民主党联邦参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳在缅因州奥罗诺市缅因大学柯林斯艺术中心举行的“打击寡头政治”巡回活动上同台。（乔·雷德尔/盖蒂图片社）
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极左翼Twitch主播哈桑·皮克勒周一也与普拉特纳划清界限，称“这些指控——可信度极高”。
“这已经不止是危险信号了，这是不可原谅的，”皮克勒在直播中补充道。
Democrats abandon embattled candidate Graham Platner after rape allegation implodes Senate bid
July 7, 2026 5:00am EDT / Fox News
Jenny Racicot, 41, accused Platner of rape, prompting Warren, Schumer and Gillibrand to withdraw endorsements
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Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy discusses the new sexual assault allegation against Graham Platner on ‘Jesse Watters Primetime,’ suggesting a Democratic Party ‘political hitjob’ because his poll numbers were slipping.
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Democrats swiftly turned on Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner on Monday after a rape allegation triggered a full-on revolt among his most prominent supporters, with calls pouring in from across the party for him to suspend his campaign.
The mounting defections came after Maine resident Jenny Racicot, 41, accused Platner of rape in interviews with Politico and CNN, alleging the Senate hopeful entered her home uninvited while intoxicated nearly five years ago and forced himself on her despite repeated attempts to get him to stop.
Racicot, who was seeing Platner on and off at the time, told Politico she immediately cut ties with him after he forced her to engage in unprotected sex, saying, “I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, ‘This is no longer my choice.’”
She also told CNN that the alleged encounter was the “dictionary definition” of rape.
PLATNER’S LATEST ACCUSER CLAIMS THE DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATE ‘ABSOLUTELY’ RAPED HER
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Platner immediately issued a statement denying Racicot’s account and said he was “taking the time to reflect on the best path forward” for his imploding campaign.
The vast majority of Democrats signaled Monday they were unwilling to give Platner that opportunity, with many lawmakers racing to issue statements calling on the Senate hopeful to immediately end his campaign.
The pleas stretched from Platner’s most fervent progressive champions to the party’s establishment wing, most of whom had only recently rallied behind Platner after he won the Democratic primary nomination in June.
“There can be no tolerance for sexual assault,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., one of Platner’s most prominent supporters, said in a statement rescinding her endorsement. “With so much at stake, the best path forward is for Graham Platner to step aside as the Democratic nominee and address these serious allegations outside this Senate race.”
Meanwhile, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who had closely aligned himself with Platner, also withdrew his endorsement and called on him to exit the race after news of the rape allegation circulated.
Sens. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., also pulled their support Monday, with Gallego stopping short of calling on Platner to suspend his campaign.
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The progressive lawmakers continued to support Platner after Lyndsey Fifield, a former Platner girlfriend, accused the Maine Democrat of abuse in June — an allegation Platner has repeatedly denied as false and politically motivated.
Khanna notably traveled to Maine to campaign with Platner the following day after The New York Times first reported Fifield’s accusation.
Khanna previously said in multiple interviews that he would disavow Platner if a sexual assault allegation emerged, but told Fox News Digital that the Senate hopeful was “taking accountability” for his past and argued Platner was deserving of redemption.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at his primary election event in Blue Hill, Maine, on June 9, 2026.(CJ Gunther/Getty Images)
The reaction among establishment Democrats was equally swift, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., publicly demanding that Platner “immediately” suspend his campaign to give the party time to put forward a new nominee.
The senior Democrats had only recently endorsed Platner following his June primary win after their preferred pick, Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, ended her campaign amid fundraising struggles.
“The DSCC will not invest in the Maine Senate race if Platner remains on the ballot,” the pair wrote in a joint statement Monday.
The Schumer-aligned Senate Majority PAC, a top outside spending group focused on electing Democrats to the Senate, also said Monday that it would redirect resources away from Maine as long as Platner remained in the race.
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The warning comes as Democrats are up against a fast-approaching deadline to replace Platner as the party’s nominee. Under Maine law, Platner can be replaced on the ballot if he withdraws by 5 p.m. on July 13, with the state party allowed to put forward a replacement by July 27.
Democrats view Maine as a top flip opportunity to retake Senate control during November’s midterm elections, but Platner’s rapidly unraveling campaign could derail those plans.
His plethora of scandals — from a former Nazi-linked tattoo to infidelity during his marriage — has sharply divided Democrats as the party seeks to unseat longtime Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
Collins on Monday issued a statement calling the rape accusation “appalling” but declined to weigh in on whether Platner should continue in the race.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, slammed Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner after a Maine woman accused him of rape.(Graeme Sloan/Getty Images; Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
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Other lawmakers hailing from the party’s centrist flank, including Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., also publicly urged Platner to end his campaign. Neither had formally endorsed Platner before Monday’s rape allegation broke.
Many prominent Maine Democrats also called on Platner to drop his Senate bid on Monday, including Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, and her daughter, former State House Speaker Hannah Pingree, D-Maine, who is the Democratic gubernatorial nominee to succeed Mills.
Former Maine public health official Nirav Shah and State Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Maine, who both ran for the open gubernatorial seat and have been floated as potential Platner replacements, also said Monday that he should withdraw his candidacy. Jackson, who campaigned with Platner, was among the candidates that the Senate hopeful endorsed to succeed Mills.
A vast swath of left-wing organizations also pulled their support of Platner on Monday.
“The allegations reported today are profoundly disturbing and disqualifying,” Tiffany Muller, president of the Democratic-affiliated group End Citizen United, said in a statement. “The conduct described is fundamentally inconsistent with the standards we expect from the candidates we support.”
VoteVets, an organization that works to elect Democratic veterans, also withdrew its endorsement of Platner, who served in multiple overseas deployments. Meanwhile, Our Revolution, a leftist organization founded by former Sanders campaign staffers, called on Platner to leave the race while demanding that his successor share his far-left policy views.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., one of Platner’s few remaining progressive supporters, had not weighed in on the sexual assault allegation as of late Monday evening.
A spokesperson for Sanders did not respond to a request for comment.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner stood together during a “Fighting Oligarchy” tour stop at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus on May 24, 2026, in Orono, Maine.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker also broke with Platner on Monday, saying “the accusations — they are as credible as it is going to get.”
“This is beyond red flags. This is irredeemable,” Piker added during his livestream.