2026年7月9日 美国东部时间上午9:17 / 福克斯新闻
特朗普还猜测，一名共和党人指控普拉特纳性侵一事并未获得广泛支持
撰稿：罗伯特·麦格里维，福克斯新闻
在深陷争议的牡蛎养殖户格雷厄姆·普拉特纳因一系列指控暂停竞选后，总统唐纳德·特朗普周三对记者表示，民主党人要找到替代普拉特纳的人选将“难度极大”。
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总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，在这位身陷争议的候选人周三暂停竞选后，国会民主党人要替换前缅因州参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳将会困难重重。
“他们要这么做难度很大。问题核心在于你是否相信这位女性。很多人都在大肆散布谎言。这……他陷入了困境。他陷入了困境。不过，他们能成功吗？好吧，我猜他会落选。我想他会落选的，”特朗普在从土耳其安卡拉北约峰会返回美国、乘坐空军一号时对记者说道。
普拉特纳于周三晚间暂停竞选，此前众多此前曾支持他的民主党人和自由派人士撤回了对他的支持，并敦促他退出竞选。
普拉特纳在重磅强奸指控摧毁竞选后退出关键参议院席位角逐
在政治新闻网站Politico发布重磅报道、详细披露针对普拉特纳的强奸指控后，要求他退出的呼声日益高涨。报道中，普拉特纳的前女友珍妮·拉西科特指控他在2021年强行闯入她家并对其实施性侵。
2025年10月22日，普拉特纳在缅因州奥贡奎特的莱维特剧院举行的市政厅活动上发言。（索菲·帕克/盖蒂图片社摄）
在Politico的报道之前，《纽约时报》曾刊登过另一项针对普拉特纳的身体虐待指控，指控者是林赛·菲菲尔德，她是共和党政治竞选活动和组织的数字战略师。
特朗普提及了菲菲尔德的指控，质疑为何她的指控并未像拉西科特的指控那样引发众怒。
普拉特纳的最新指控者称这位民主党参议院候选人‘确实’强奸了她
2026年7月8日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在从英国米尔登霍尔空军基地起飞后，在空军一号上与媒体交谈，他当时从老旧的VC-25A型空军一号换乘了较新的VC-25B“桥号”空军一号，前往华盛顿。（索尔·勒布/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社摄）
“有意思的是，当这位共和党女性提出同样的指控时，没人相信她……而当这位女性站出来时，所有人都相信了她，对吧？”特朗普向记者问道。
菲菲尔德批评了《纽约时报》对她的指控的处理方式，指出该报重点关注了她为共和党人工作的经历。
“我现在是孤身一人，只有我一个人被拍了照片，还有11段段落都是关于我的工作经历。这到底是怎么回事？”菲菲尔德在周三接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时说道。
林赛·菲菲尔德向福克斯新闻数字频道表示，在她出面指控前男友、缅因州民主党参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳的虐待行为后，她感觉自己被《纽约时报》“背叛”了。（林赛·菲菲尔德摄）
普拉特纳坚称，他暂停竞选并非承认有罪，并否认了所有指控。
尽管普拉特纳已于周三暂停竞选，但他并未正式退出以给其他候选人留出参选空间。根据缅因州州法，他必须在7月13日前退出，以便民主党能够提名新的候选人替代他参选。
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福克斯新闻数字频道已联系普拉特纳的竞选团队置评。
福克斯新闻数字频道的布莱恩·弗洛德和约瑟夫·伍尔夫森为本报道贡献了内容。
Trump says Democrats replacing Platner is ‘very hard for them to do’
July 9, 2026 9:17am EDT / Fox News
Trump also mused that when a Republican accused Platner of assault her accusation was not embraced as widely
By Robert McGreevy, Fox News
President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday that it will be “very hard” for Democrats to find a replacement for Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner after the embattled oyster farmer suspended his campaign following a series of allegations.
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President Donald Trump remarked that congressional Democrats would have a hard time replacing former Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner after the embattled candidate suspended his campaign Wednesday.
“It’s very hard for them to do. It’s really a question of whether or not you believe the woman. A lot of people say big falsehoods. It’s… he’s in a bind. He’s in a bind. But, should they be able to do it? Well, I guess he’s going to lose. I imagine he’s going to lose,” Trump said while speaking to reporters on Air Force One before returning to the United States from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.
Platner suspended his campaign Wednesday evening after numerous Democrats and liberals who had previously backed him pulled their support and encouraged him to drop out of the race.
PLATNER DROPS OUT OF CRUCIAL SENATE RACE AFTER BOMBSHELL RAPE ALLEGATION TORPEDOES CAMPAIGN
The calls for his exit came after Politico published a bombshell report detailing rape allegations against Platner. In the story, Platner’s ex-girlfriend Jenny Racicot alleged he forced his way into her home and sexually assaulted her in 2021.
Platner speaks at a town hall at the Leavitt Theater on October 22, 2025, in Ogunquit, Maine.(Sophie Park/Getty Images)
The Politico report followed a New York Times story that described another physical abuse allegation against Platner, this one from Lyndsey Fifield, a digital strategist for Republican political campaigns and organizations.
Trump alluded to Fifield’s allegations, wondering aloud why her allegations weren’t a catalyst for outrage in the same manner that Racicot’s were.
PLATNER’S LATEST ACCUSER CLAIMS THE DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATE ‘ABSOLUTELY’ RAPED HER
President Donald Trump speaks with the media aboard Air Force One shortly after departure from Mildenhall Air Force Base in the United Kingdom, after he switched from the old VC-25A Air Force One to the newer VC-25B Bridge Air Force One, en route to Washington, on July 8, 2026.(SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
“It’s very interesting when the Republican woman came out with the same charge, nobody believed her… when this woman came out everybody believed her, right?” Trump asked reporters.
Fifield criticized the New York Times’ handling of her accusations, spotlighting the paper’s focus on her history of working for Republicans.
“I’m out here on my own, I’m the only one photographed and there’s 11 paragraphs of my work history. Like, what is this?” Fifield told Fox News Digital in a Wednesday interview.
Lyndsey Fifield spoke with Fox News Digital about feeling “betrayed” by The New York Times after she came forward with abuse allegations against her ex, Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.(Lyndsey Fifield)
Platner maintained that his suspension was not an admission of guilt and denied the allegations.
While Platner suspended his campaign Wednesday, he has not officially dropped out to clear a path for a new candidate. Under Maine state law, he would have to drop out by July 13 to allow the Democratic Party to put a new candidate on the ballot in his stead.
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Fox News Digital contacted the Platner campaign for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Brian Flood and Joseph Wulfsohn contributed to this report.