{"id":2609188,"date":"2026-06-01T15:58:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ro-khanna-announces-get-out-the-vote-rally-with-graham-platner-in-maine\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:59:59","slug":"ro-khanna-announces-get-out-the-vote-rally-with-graham-platner-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ro-khanna-announces-get-out-the-vote-rally-with-graham-platner-in-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Ro Khanna announces get-out-the-vote rally with Graham Platner in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fro-khanna-announces-get-out-the-vote-rally-with-graham-platner-in-maine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2609188&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Ro Khanna is continuing too stand by Maine senate candidate Graham Platner despite fresh controversy. Khanna announced a get-out-the-vote rally in Bar Harbor on Friday with Platner, along with gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson and House candidate Matt Dunlap.  <\/p>\n<p>The rally comes shortly after reports that Platner sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-probe-congressional-sexual-misconduct-slush-fund\/\" title=\"...ublicans probe congressional sexual misconduct \u2018slush fund\u2019\">sexually explicit texts<\/a> to multiple women while married, with his wife allegedly aware of the messages-an incident that prompted some Democrats, including Sen. Cory Booker, to express concerns. Even with that, Khanna and other progressive allies have kept backing Platner, who remains focused on attacking Sen. Susan Collins.  <\/p>\n<p>Khanna\u2019s support also ties to Platner\u2019s populist, pro-working-class messaging-arguing for taxing the rich, boosting economic possibility, and taking a moral stance on stopping wars-while Platner still leads Collins in recent polling. The text scandal follows earlier controversies, including a Nazi-like skull tattoo and past explicit Reddit posts, leaving Platner\u2019s campaign attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >move past repeated scandals ahead<\/a> of Maine\u2019s June 9 primary.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ro-khanna\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"5039\">Ro Khanna<\/a> (D-CA) is sticking by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maine\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"193\">Maine<\/a> Senate candidate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/graham-platner\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"22643\">Graham Platner<\/a> in the face of controversy as he announced a get-out-the-vote rally with Platner in Maine for Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner\u2019s campaign was hit with another scandal this weekend, as news broke that he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4588537\/platner-wife-sexually-explicit-texts-aide\/\">sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-street-journal-embraces-book-ban-hoax\/\" title=\"Wall Street Journal Falls for &#039;Book Ban&#039; Hoax\">sexually explicit text messages<\/a><\/a> to multiple women while married to his wife, who knew of the messages. Despite some Democrats, such as Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cory-booker\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"501\">Cory Booker<\/a> (D-NJ), <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4588822\/cory-booker-concerns-platner-scandal\/\">voicing concern<\/a> over the scandal, Platner has remained focused on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4588970\/graham-platner-susan-collins-financial-disclosures\/\">campaigning against<\/a> Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/susan-collins\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1302\">Susan Collins<\/a> (R-ME), and his progressive allies, like Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"41\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT), have maintained support for his campaign.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4589385\/graham-platner-ad-trumpian-rhetoric-taking-back-what-is-ours\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>New Platner ad leans into Trumpian rhetoric: \u2018Taking back what is ours\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4588970\/graham-platner-susan-collins-financial-disclosures\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Graham Platner homes in on Susan Collins\u2019s financial disclosures after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-platner-homes-in-on-susan-collinss-financial-disclosures-after-weekend-playing-defense-over-explicit-texts\/\" title=\"Graham ... homes in on ...&#039;s financial disclosures after ... playing defense over ... texts\">weekend playing defense<\/a> over explicit texts<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4588970\/graham-platner-susan-collins-financial-disclosures\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Graham Platner homes in on Susan Collins\u2019s financial disclosures after weekend playing defense over explicit texts<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khanna is the latest Democrat to stay behind Platner in the face of controversy, announcing the rally in Bar Harbor for Friday with Platner, gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson, and House candidate Matt Dunlap.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJoin me, @grahamformaine, @TroyJackson207, and @dunlap4congress in Maine on Friday as we put together a modern new deal coalition to move our party forward with economic populism and moral clarity on stopping wars,\u201d Khanna <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoKhanna\/status\/2061500097733497294?s=20\">posted<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khanna\u2019s Monday announcement of the rally came just days after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-miyares-hammers-jay-jones-during-attorney-general-debate\/\" title=\"Jason Miyares hammers Jay Jones during attorney general debate\">text message scandal broke<\/a>. The scandal was the latest controversy to hit Platner\u2019s campaign, following his now-covered <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3858840\/maine-senate-graham-platner-nazi-tattoo\/\">skull tattoo<\/a> resembling a Nazi symbol and some explicit, since-deleted Reddit postings, including <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4588033\/graham-platner-question-armenia-genocide-reddit\/\">one reportedly questioning<\/a> the Armenian genocide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner has managed to glide by so far <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4589111\/graham-platner-tackles-sexting-scandal-deny-distract-attack\/\">without the scandals plaguing him<\/a> or his campaign, as the oyster farmer still leads Collins in recent general election <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/polls\/maine-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html\">polling<\/a> while leaning on his progressive, populist platform. A University of New Hampshire <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/scholars.unh.edu\/survey_center_polls\/960\/\">poll<\/a> from late May had Platner leading Collins by 9 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khanna, a prominent Democrat from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"60\">California<\/a>, has underscored Platner\u2019s rhetoric about taxing the rich and lifting up working-class Mainers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4589385\/graham-platner-ad-trumpian-rhetoric-taking-back-what-is-ours\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4589385\">NEW PLATNER AD LEANS INTO TRUMPIAN RHETORIC: \u2018TAKING BACK WHAT IS OURS\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmericans are tired of an establishment that puts billionaires over ordinary people. We need new leaders who will work for the hardworking people of Maine above all else,\u201d Khanna\u2019s get-out-the-vote <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilize.us\/rokhanna\/event\/959224\/\">rally<\/a> invitation said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rally comes days before Maine\u2019s June 9 primary. Both Jackson and Dunlap are candidates in crowded Democratic primaries in their respective gubernatorial and 2nd Congressional District races, but Platner is the party\u2019s de facto nominee in the Senate race after Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) dropped out of the primary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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