{"id":2625630,"date":"2026-07-06T15:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/platner-campaign-cancels-three-events-as-rumors-swirl-about-more-controversies\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:41:18","slug":"platner-campaign-cancels-three-events-as-rumors-swirl-about-more-controversies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/platner-campaign-cancels-three-events-as-rumors-swirl-about-more-controversies\/","title":{"rendered":"Platner campaign cancels three events as rumors swirl about more controversies"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fplatner-campaign-cancels-three-events-as-rumors-swirl-about-more-controversies%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=2625630&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>Graham Platner, a Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, has canceled three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-says-desantiss-glitchy-twitter-rollout-did-not-reflect-his-positive-skills\/\" title=\"Gingrich: DeSantis&#039;s Twitter launch didn&#039;t show his positive abilities.\">upcoming campaign events<\/a> without publicly explaining the reasons. The events in Augusta, Gorham, and Sanford were removed from the mobilize event website, with a notice indicating they are no longer available. While the Gorham event was reportedly postponed due to Platner feeling unwell, there are unverified reports suggesting he may be facing opposition research and controversy, including past scandals such as a Nazi-like tattoo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-press-sec-used-insult-condemned-by-dem-officials-as-homophobic\/\" title=\"Biden Press Sec Used Insult Condemned by Dem Officials as \u2018Homophobic\u2019\">controversial social media posts<\/a>, and allegations of problematic behavior. Despite these issues, Platner has maintained a lead in polls against incumbent Senator Susan Collins, relying on his populist messaging. However, a recent Fox News poll shows Collins leading by 3 points, indicating the race is still competitive. Platner remains a significant contender in the upcoming November election, where he will challenge Collins, who previously secured her last election by a substantial margin.  <\/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\">Democratic <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> has canceled three campaign events this week, with no clear specification as to why his team chose to forgo the town halls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner had scheduled three town halls for Sunday and Monday night in Augusta, Gorham, and Sanford, Maine, however, all three events have been removed from the event <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilize.us\/mobilize\/event\/976038\/\">website<\/a> Mobilize. In place of what would have been the virtual flyer for the event on the website, a notification pops up reading, \u201cThis event is no longer available. 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It is a postpone, he will be back in Gorham,\u201d the event organizer said in the Facebook <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1556533156096503\">video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, several unverified reports <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AnthonyMEmerson\/status\/2073997120424624561?s=20\">on X<\/a> have suggested that Platner could be facing new opposition research reports set to drop this week on his candidacy. The National <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-republican-senatorial-committee\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"5921\">Republican Senatorial<\/a> Committee released a statement in response to these reports about a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-keynotes-disinfo-meeting-alongside-allies-associated-with-fake-news-scandals\/\" title=\"Obama Keynotes Disinfo Meeting Alongside Allies Associated with Fake News Scandals\">news scandal<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGraham Platner no-showed Fourth of July celebrations across Maine. Now, he\u2019s cancelling everything else. We wouldn\u2019t want to be seen in public either \u2026\u201d the NRSC said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NRSC\/status\/2074172097094426787?s=20\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner has remained steadfast in his candidacy despite numerous past scandals that have come to light throughout his campaign. The leftist populist candidate won the Democratic nomination for the seat in light of his having to address his\u00a0now-covered-up skull <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3858840\/maine-senate-graham-platner-nazi-tattoo\/\">tattoo resembling Nazi SS imagery<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >previous controversial social media posts<\/a> he has made, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4596470\/platner-accuser-lyndsey-fifield-new-york-times-journalists-twisted-story-help-campaign\/\">allegations of concerning behavior<\/a> he has reportedly displayed in past romantic relationships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4633579\/republican-edge-senate-majority-2026-midterms\/\">REPUBLICANS HAVE EDGE IN HOLDING SENATE, BUT IT\u2019S AWFULLY CLOSE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through each scandal, Platner has largely maintained<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4577942\/platner-trump-like-response-maine-scandals-polls\/\"> a lead<\/a> in the polls in his race against incumbent 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), relying on his <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\/\">populist message<\/a> to carry him through. However, a new Fox News-sponsored poll released June 30 had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fox-news-poll-maine-senate-race-tight-concerns-about-both-candidates\">Collins leading Platner<\/a> by 3 percentage points, marking the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/polls\/maine-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html\">first poll<\/a> in months that had Collins above water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the race stands now, Platner will take on Collins in the November general election. Collins, who has been in the Senate for nearly three decades, won her last election by over an 8 percentage point margin against Democrat Sara Gideon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham Platner cancels 3 Maine campaign events without explanation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2625631,"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\/07\/AP26161064851582.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4087,14281,82282,82283,45115],"class_list":["post-2625630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-campaign","tag-controversies","tag-event-cancellations","tag-platner-campaign","tag-political-rumors"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26161064851582.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625630","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\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2625630"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2625634,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625630\/revisions\/2625634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2625631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2625630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2625630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2625630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}