{"id":2612876,"date":"2026-06-10T09:51:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voters-gave-platner-a-chance-at-redemption-ro-khanna\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T09:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:52:12","slug":"voters-gave-platner-a-chance-at-redemption-ro-khanna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voters-gave-platner-a-chance-at-redemption-ro-khanna\/","title":{"rendered":"Voters gave Platner a &#8216;chance at redemption&#8217;: Ro Khanna"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fvoters-gave-platner-a-chance-at-redemption-ro-khanna%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=2612876&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 said voters in Maine are giving Democrat Graham Platner-who won the party\u2019s Senate nomination-an prospect to rebuild credibility after controversies tied to his past. He pointed to Platner\u2019s victory speech as evidence of \u201chumility\u201d and an emphasis on redemption, acknowledging mistakes and focusing on earning votes rather than sounding arrogant.<\/p>\n<p>Platner will challenge Sen. Susan collins (R-ME) in November, after Gov. Janet Mills dropped out earlier this year. The article also notes that Platner faces renewed scrutiny, including allegations reported by The New York Times from former girlfriends involving disrespect toward women and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-wants-iran-banned-from-2024-olympics\/\" title=\"Senator Calls for Iran&#039;s Exclusion from 2024 Olympics\">troubling accounts<\/a>, criticism over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-project-disavows-co-founder-amid-reports-he-sent-sexually-explicit-messages-to-multiple-young-men\/\" title=\"Lincoln Project disavows co-founder amid ...orts he sent sexually explicit messages to multiple young men\">sexually explicit messages<\/a> sent while he was married, and a controversy over a tattoo bearing a Nazi symbol from his military service-an issue he addressed by saying he is \u201cnot a secret nazi.\u201d He has since covered the tattoo.  <\/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\/\">Ro Khanna<\/a> (D-CA) said voters in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maine\/\">Maine<\/a> are giving <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/graham-platner\/\">Graham Platner<\/a>, who won the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\">Democratic<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\">Senate<\/a> nomination, a chance to rebuild credibility as a candidate after a series of controversies about his past have surfaced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe understands he needs to do work; he understands they\u2019re giving him a chance at redemption,\u201d Khanna said on <em>CNN\u2019s The Source with Kaitlan Collins<\/em> on Tuesday. <\/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\/house\/4601632\/jared-golden-toll-representing-toss-up-seat\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jared Golden warns of the toll required to represent a toss-up seat<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4600640\/paul-lepage-republican-nomination-maine-2nd-district\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Paul LePage wins GOP nod for Maine\u2019s 2nd Congressional District<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4601303\/collins-platner-maine-senate-primary-results\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Collins and Platner set up blockbuster Maine Senate showdown<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner won the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-primary\/\">Democratic primary<\/a> on Tuesday and will face Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/susan-collins\/\">Susan Collins<\/a> (R-ME) in November. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) dropped out of the race in April, making Platner the main Democratic contender. <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 100%; max-width: 640px; min-height: 180px; max-height: 360px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3568410&#038;userid=11311&#038;usertype=user&#038;loginid=10455&#038;playercolor=%23000000&#038;playersize=auto&#038;code=2667baa80f6fb4c9d8276bd0bef14d41\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSusan Collins is formidable, but Graham has had a terrific night,\u201d Khanna said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He highlighted the \u201chumility and strength\u201d Platner showed during his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4602027\/platner-victory-speech-redemption-defeating-billionaires-greedy-corporations\/\">victory speech. <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe talked about Maine giving him grace, Maine giving him a second chance. He talked about the need to earn people\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\">votes<\/a>. So this was not an arrogant speech,\u201d Khanna said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner discussed redemption and the mistakes he lives with in his speech. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-gov-newsom-shares-annual-state-of-the-state-address-despite-facing-recall\/\" title=\"Calif. .... Newsom shares annual state-of-the-state address despite facing recall\">\u2019ve made mistakes<\/a> in my life, mistakes that I regret, that I live with, that I continue to learn from. And I\u2019m still far from perfect. But every day, I wake up, I try to be a little bit better and a little bit kinder than I was the day before,\u201d Platner said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd if you give me the chance, I will be a senator for the people who cannot afford to buy a senator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner faces scrutiny over several allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>New York Times <\/em>published a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/04\/us\/politics\/platner-maine-senate-girlfriends-relationships.html\">report<\/a> last <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >week detailing disturbing accounts<\/a> from several of Platner\u2019s ex-girlfriends. One woman named in the report described Platner as showing a lack of respect for women and their emotions; he was \u201ccavalierly contemptuous\u201d of their \u201cweakness,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also faces criticism over a series of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4596217\/graham-platner-women-abuse-allegations\/\">sexually explicit messages<\/a> he sent other women while he was married.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner is also in the center of a scandal involving a tattoo he got during his military service of a Totenkopf, which is a Nazi symbol. He claimed he had no idea of its meaning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uMnc4ddc7j4\">interview with Tommy Vietor of <em>Pod Save America<\/em><\/a>, Platner said, \u201cI am not a secret Nazi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner has continued to face scrutiny over several allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the <em>New York Times <\/em>report, one of Platner\u2019s ex-girlfriends said Platner had to have known what it meant because he was the one who taught her the word for it when they were dating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said he referred to it as \u201cmy Totenkopf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4601303\/collins-platner-maine-senate-primary-results\/\"><strong>COLLINS AND PLATNER SET UP BLOCKBUSTER MAINE SENATE SHOWDOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has since had the tattoo covered up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The general election will take place on Nov. 3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ro Khanna said Maine voters give Graham Platner a chance to redeem himself<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2612877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/platner.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6571,32171,52821,32530,4223],"class_list":["post-2612876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-elections","tag-political-commentary","tag-redemption-2","tag-ro-khanna","tag-voters"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/platner.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2612876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612880,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612876\/revisions\/2612880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2612877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2612876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2612876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2612876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}