Graham Platner is only the latest in a long line of phonies
Last April, a profile of Maine’s Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner in the political news outlet NOTUS observed that, “far from dooming his campaign,” the controversies swirling around him “seem to have simply played into Platner’s brand as a regular person -- someone outside the usual political system.” The reporter, who went to high school with the candidate, said that a few months earlier he’d spoken with Platner supporter Jacob Makoujy, who was 27 at the time. “He told me he appreciated the way the candidate had not dodged questions about the revelations but took accountability. ‘It feels like I ...
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