00:00Embattled Maine Senate candidate Graham Plattner is taking time to reflect on the best path
00:05forward for his campaign. This reflection comes after a fresh and very serious allegation of
00:10sexual assault against the Democrat. A former girlfriend, Jenny Raisicot, told Politico that
00:15Plattner broke into her home and raped her while, quote, almost blackout drunk nearly five years ago
00:21after she had told him she didn't want to see him. Raisicot spoke to CNN after the allegations went
00:26public. He had kind of like jumped on top of me and indicated that he had intentions that were
00:33sexual in nature. And I remember just at first being like, hey, I'm not into this. I was like,
00:39I feel like I've said this enough times, like he's not listening to me or he's not hearing me. And
00:44I looked at him and I remember this very specific look in his eyes and I could smell alcohol. And
00:51I
00:52was like, this is different. Plattner has vehemently denied the allegation.
00:56Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically false. Regardless of the inaccuracy
01:03of the reporting, when mindful the political reality it will inflict, we are taking the time
01:07to reflect on the best path forward. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic
01:12Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Kirsten Gillibrand called on Graham Plattner to immediately
01:17withdraw as the Democratic candidate while also pledging not to spend a dime of money on the
01:23race until he does. Under Maine law, a candidate can be replaced by the state party if they announce
01:28they are leaving the race by July 13th next week. The new claim comes just days after the Senate
01:34hopeful began canceling campaign events across Maine, citing illness as supporters wondered whether
01:39another damaging story was about to surface. And here we are. It's the latest in a series of
01:45controversies surrounding the Democratic nominee who has already faced allegations of physical abuse
01:49from former girlfriends, acknowledged sexting other women while married, and come under scrutiny
01:55over past online posts, not to mention a tattoo of a notorious Nazi SS symbol, the meaning of which
02:01he says he was unaware of at the time and has since covered up. Plattner has said he struggled with
02:06undiagnosed PTSD and alcohol abuse during what he called a dark period of his life, but has denied any
02:11allegations beyond that characterization.
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