{"id":2613393,"date":"2026-06-11T11:34:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/little-due-diligence-done-on-graham-platner-naomi-lim\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T11:34:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:34:02","slug":"little-due-diligence-done-on-graham-platner-naomi-lim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/little-due-diligence-done-on-graham-platner-naomi-lim\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Little due diligence done\u2019 on Graham Platner: Naomi Lim"},"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\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><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\"><em>Washington Examiner <\/em>White House reporter <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/naomi-lim\/\">Naomi Lim<\/a> said a lack of vetting on Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, could hurt Democrats\u2019 hopes of controlling the Senate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lim\u2019s comments follow political consultant <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4596773\/graham-platner-rise-mamdani-moraff-katz-fan\/\">Daniel Moraff and fianc\u00e9e Leanne Fan\u2019s<\/a> account of how they identified and recruited Platner to run for Maine\u2019s Senate 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               <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe pulled up this video of this guy with an oyster farm; she pulled up his FPC history and saw the money he\u2019d given to Bernie Sanders and some other people, and that was enough information to know that we had the best prospect that we\u2019d maybe ever seen,\u201d Moraff said to <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/these-people-handpicked-graham-platner-hes-now-democrats-biggest-risk-9693fb07\">the  Wall Street Journal<\/a> <\/em>in a recent story.\u00a0<\/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\">Moraff, a political consultant at Dark Forest, and Fan, a City University of New York Ph.D. sociology student, met on Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"41\">Bernie Sanders\u2019s<\/a> (I-VT) 2020 presidential campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe most interesting thing, particularly from that interview, is that they kind of admit to not doing their due diligence on this candidate,\u201d Lim said on Fox News\u2019s <em>The Ingraham Angle<\/em> on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/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=3570584&#038;userid=11311&#038;usertype=user&#038;loginid=9421&#038;playercolor=%23000000&#038;playersize=auto&#038;code=37a84a30f70a2f5c7f8eb5799e2e3227\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve seen the ramifications of that, sort of drip, drip, drip over the past couple of months in terms of his background. But essentially this is a couple that met on the Bernie Sanders campaign, then referenced the donations that Platner had made to Bernie\u2019s campaign,\u201d Lim said.\u00a0<\/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\">Despite the past allegations of misconduct and a sexting scandal, Sanders has thrown his support behind Platner, endorsing him as the Democratic nominee in Maine\u2019s U.S. Senate race.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);\"><b><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4598793\/bernie-sanders-heir-2028\/\">NO HEIR APPARENT: PROGRESSIVES SPLIT OVER WHO CARRIES BERNIE SANDERS\u2019S TORCH IN 2028<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lim also pointed to key <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> aide Morris Katz, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4589111\/graham-platner-tackles-sexting-scandal-deny-distract-attack\/\">Democratic strategist<\/a> responsible for the New York City mayor\u2019s rise and who is also a strategist for Platner<\/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\">\u201cThis is one part of the power dynamic behind the Platner campaign; there\u2019s also Mamdani. The New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani, one of his key aides, is also part of it,\u201d Lim said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Examiner White House reporter Naomi Lim said a lack of vetting on Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, could hurt Democrats\u2019 hopes of controlling the Senate.\u00a0 Lim\u2019s comments follow political consultant Daniel Moraff and fianc\u00e9e Leanne Fan\u2019s account of how they identified and recruited Platner to run for Maine\u2019s Senate seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":2613394,"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\/AP26145002882687_3fbca3-e1781185598278.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2613393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26145002882687_3fbca3-e1781185598278.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613393","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\/4275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2613393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2613394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2613393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2613393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}