Embattled Graham Platner, wounded by yet another allegation of questionable behavior, avowed he’s not being pressured to drop out.
“We’re going to win this thing,” the presumptive party’s nominee told Maine Public Broadcasting Network.
Platner said he’s not leaving the campaign to become the Democrat choice Tuesday to go up against five-term U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
He said he will continue to “go out and continue to engage with people, to talk about the reality that Mainers are living in, the struggles of regular everyday people.”
The interview with Maine’s liberal, Democrat-friendly news outlet came a day after a New York Times article accusing him of physically abusing a girlfriend.
Maine Public reported Friday:
“After The New York Times published a story where previous romantic partners called Platner’s behavior ‘toxic’ and described him as someone who ‘does not respect women,’ some wonder if his candidacy is kaput.”
Platner was quoted as saying no one from the National Democratic Party has told him to drop out of the race.
“The whole point of these stories is to make sure we’re not talking about healthcare, it’s to make sure we’re not talking about raising taxes on the rich, it’s to make sure we’re not talking about getting money out of politics,” he told Maine Public.
The Times story came on the heels of recent press reporting that the married ex-Marine sent graphic texts to women on a social media platform called Kik.
“It’s almost a sign that we’re on the right path,” Platner said Friday. “I mean, people would not expend this amount of money and resources and energy trying to rip through every single part of our lives if they didn’t feel threatened.”
Platner held a rally Friday night in Bar Harbor, at which he introduced in the audience his mother Lesley and wife Amy, thanking them both.
“We have built the most powerful movement our state has ever seen,” he said to the cheering crowd.
Platner said his campaign’s 15,000 volunteers planned over the weekend to “knock on 20,000 doors.”
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