Graham Platner bleeding support after rape allegation — Schumer, Khanna, Maine Dems and more call on embattled candidate to end Senate bid

A few weeks ago Graham Platner was the guy Democrats were pointing to as their answer to blue-collar disillusionment, an oyster farmer and combat veteran who could talk to voters their usual candidates can't reach. Now Ro Khanna and Chuck Schumer are racing to shove him out the door before the rape allegation does more damage to the brand than to the man himself.

Notice what's driving the urgency here. It isn't some grand reckoning with how the party vets its stars. It's timing. Maine is a seat they need, and a scandal this late in the game is a liability they can't spin their way out of.

Democrats spent years lecturing the country about believing women and taking allegations seriously, no matter how inconvenient. Watch how fast that principle bends when the accused is their own recruit in a race they can't afford to lose. The calls for him to step aside aren't wrong. They're just awfully convenient.