As Democratic politicians and groups across the country rushed to disavow Graham Platner amid a new rape allegation, left-wing megadonor and horror author Stephen King expressed hope that the Democratic candidate would remain in the race, before backpedaling and deleting his post.
“Graham Platner may drop out. (I hope he doesn’t, but.) Meanwhile, the Abuser in Chief just keeps on keepin’ on,” said King on X.
In a follow-up, King implied that everyone in Congress had done things similar to Platner and suggested that no one should “cast the first stone.”
“Tell you what–if you knew the whole truth about everyone in the Senate and House of Reps, those chambers would be dead empty. Jesus said, “Let him without sin cast the first stone,” he said.
After his double-tap Platner posts, King posted a glowing review of the new children’s movie The Sheep Detectives and called it a night.
The next day, after facing backlash for his initial post defending Platner, King deleted it and posted an update saying that if Platner really did rape someone, he should drop out.
“Not defending Grah,[sic] Platner. If he committed rape, he should bow out. Just making a comparison,” said King.
He then corrected his typo with an entirely new post, simply saying, “Graham.”
In addition to his prolific writing career, King likes to stay on the cutting edge of progressive politics and has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to left-wing groups and campaigns.
From 1982 to 2024, Federal Election Commission data show that King spent a grand total of $778,050 to support Democrats, including thousands of dollars to Kamala Harris, Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine).
FEC data does not include any payments from King in 2025 or 2026.
King’s Federal Political Spending by Year:
- 2024: $10,600
- 2022: $22,000
- 2020: $52,150
- 2019: $35,500
- 2018: $23,900
- 2017: $30,400
- 2016: $92,965
- 2014: $5,200
- 2013: $42,400
- 2012: $98,635
- 2011: $45,400
- 2010: $36,200
- 2009: $10,000
- 2008: $73,900
- 2007: $33,100
- 2006: $22,100
- 2005: $26,700
- 2004: $53,500
- 2003: $12,000
- 2002: $4,000
- 2001: $2,000
- 2000: $1,000
- 1999: $2,000
- 1998: $1,000
- 1997: $2,000
- 1996: $22,000
- 1994: $3,000
- 1993: $1,500
- 1992: $3,500
- 1990: $250
- 1988: $1,500
- 1987: $3,000
- 1986: $1,000
- 1984: $2,750
- 1982: $1,500
- Total: $778,050
Note on methodology: The Maine Wire arrived at King’s likely political spending by looking for his name on the FEC website, filtering only for Maine-based donations, and looking for donors whose occupation matches King’s.
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