{"id":2627239,"date":"2026-07-09T10:53:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-so-effed-right-now-they-have-no-idea-joe-concha-on-platner\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T10:55:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:55:42","slug":"democrats-are-so-effed-right-now-they-have-no-idea-joe-concha-on-platner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-so-effed-right-now-they-have-no-idea-joe-concha-on-platner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats are &#8216;so effed right now, they have no idea&#8217;: Joe Concha on Platner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fdemocrats-are-so-effed-right-now-they-have-no-idea-joe-concha-on-platner%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=2627239&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>Joe Concha of the Washington Examiner criticized Democrats for backing Graham Platner, a Maine Senate candidate who suspended his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-ethics-committee-announces-investigation-into-eric-swalwell\/\" title=\"House Ethics Committee Announces Investigation Into Eric Swalwell\">campaign amid multiple allegations<\/a>. Platner withdrew after facing accusations of sexual assault from an ex-girlfriend, and controversy over his Nazi tattoo and offensive comments from deleted social media posts emerged. Despite denying the allegations, he acknowledged that they were meant to undermine his campaign. Concha argued that the media, especially The New York Times, unjustly covered for Platner, and accused Democrats of hypocrisy and moral failing. Concha also condemned platner\u2019s abrupt exit declaration and voiced concern that the scandal could further radicalize his supporters. Notable figures like Bernie Sanders and Sunny Hostin initially supported Platner but later called for him to step aside, acknowledging the damaging allegations. Maine Democrats decided to hold a nominating convention following platner\u2019s withdrawal, which Concha suggested was a strategic move to remove him before the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >primary voting deadline<\/a>.  <\/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\"><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> slammed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> for rallying behind Democratic <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maine\/\">Maine<\/a> Senate candidate<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/graham-platner\/\"> Graham Platner<\/a>, who <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4638358\/graham-platner-suspends-maine-senate-campaign\/\">suspended his campaign <\/a>on Wednesday amid mounting allegations against him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\"> Democratic Party<\/a>, let\u2019s put it this way, is so effed right now, they have no idea,\u201d Concha said on Fox News\u2019s <em>Jesse Watters Primetime <\/em>Wednesday.<\/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\/4641761\/graham-platner-exit-speech-progressive-democrats\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Platner\u2019s angry exit speech could demoralize, or further radicalize, his supporters<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4641423\/maryland-redistricting-action-not-way-wes-moore-wanted\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Maryland may finally see redistricting action \u2014 just not the way Wes Moore wanted<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4641710\/maine-democrats-nominating-convention-platner\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Maine Democrats vote to hold nominating convention after Platner exits Senate race<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re suspending campaign operations,\u201d Platner said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/grahamformaine\/status\/2075009677495058687\">video posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner\u2019s exit came after more allegations came out on Monday that he sexually assaulted a former girlfriend.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My name might be on the ballot right now, but that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-smacks-down-platners-campaign-ending-video-and-delusions-of-a-movement-bro-you-will-only-be-remembered-as-the-accused-rapist\/\" title=\"Fetterman Smacks Down ...&#039;s ...-Ending ... and Delusions of a &#039;Movement&#039;: &#039;Bro, You Will Only Be Remembered As the Accused Rapist&#039;\">ballot line belongs<\/a> to the people of Maine. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RKVyLU76tm\">pic.twitter.com\/RKVyLU76tm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Graham Platner for Senate (@grahamformaine) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/grahamformaine\/status\/2075009677495058687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner denied any validity to the claims, which he said were only designed to derail his campaign. He said the suspension was \u201cbecause of the structures that are being taken away from us by those in power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Politico<\/em> published a<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/06\/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737\"> report<\/a> on Monday that revealed allegations from an ex-girlfriend of Platner, who said he sexually assaulted her while severely intoxicated.<\/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\">Then on Tuesday, ex-girlfriend Lyndsey Fifield came forward with new allegations that Platner would <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4639810\/graham-platner-ex-condoms-allegations\/\">remove condoms without her consent<\/a>. Fifield was also cited in an earlier <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/04\/us\/politics\/platner-maine-senate-girlfriends-relationships.html\">report<\/a> from the <em>New York Times,<\/em> which detailed other sexual assault allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Monday\u2019s report, Platner posted a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/grahamformaine\/status\/2074214272628916296\">campaign video on X<\/a>, saying he would take time to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4637616\/graham-platner-sexual-assault-maine-senate\/\">\u201creflect\u201d<\/a> on his campaign\u2019s \u201cbest path forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4641761\/graham-platner-exit-speech-progressive-democrats\/\"><strong>PLATNER\u2019S ANGRY EXIT SPEECH COULD DEMORALIZE, OR FURTHER RADICALIZE, HIS SUPPORTERS<\/strong><\/a><\/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\">Other allegations against Platner include a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3858840\/maine-senate-graham-platner-nazi-tattoo\/\">Nazi tattoo<\/a> he got during his military service and concerning comments he made on deleted Reddit posts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In those deleted posts, Platner said the stereotype that black people don\u2019t tip well is \u201csolid,\u201d and that white people in rural America are racist and stupid, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/top-off-the-wall-reddit-posts-haunting-graham-platners-maine-senate-bid\">list compiled by Fox News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>New York Times<\/em> report also highlighted that Platner knew the meaning of his Nazi tattoo before it was covered up.<\/p>\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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey [Democrats] cannot stand on any moral pedestal that they thought they had in lecturing anybody on female victims, women\u2019s rights, minorities, veterans, talking about fascism, Nazism ever again,\u201d Concha said.<\/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=3615944&#038;userid=11311&#038;usertype=user&#038;loginid=10455&#038;playercolor=%23000000&#038;playersize=auto&#038;code=4a2be9c72b6835e072d8b99d264d6d8b\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concha also ripped the <em>New York Times <\/em>for its report, saying the media coverage of Platner has been \u201chorrific,\u201d calling out the paper for omitting rape allegations from its story. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey[the[the<em>New York Times] <\/em>wanted Platner to win because <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Trump<\/a>, at least Trumpism, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/make-america-great-again\/\">MAGA<\/a>, would be defeated, and that\u2019s the whole thing that we saw here at this point,\u201d Concha said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concha called Platner a \u201ccoward\u201d for announcing his withdrawal in a video instead of holding a press conference and answering questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concha said Democrats like Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanderse\/\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/the-view\/\"><em>The View<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>co-host Sunny Hostin supported a \u201cmaniac\u201d and \u201cfreak,\u201d all in the name of securing a Senate seat. He criticized them for their hypocrisy in being \u201coffended by Platner\u201d now, after initially supporting him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Hostin said, \u201cIf I had lived in Maine, I would have plugged my nose, and I would have voted for him anyway,\u201d and then she criticized the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\">Republican Party<\/a> for assuming the \u201cmoral high ground\u201d about Platner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sanders called on Platner to \u201cstep aside\u201d in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/2074532964059197651\">post on X.<\/a> Sanders, who is Jewish, previously backed Platner, despite allegations that Platner had a Nazi tattoo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4641710\/maine-democrats-nominating-convention-platner\/\"><strong>MAINE DEMOCRATS VOTE TO HOLD NOMINATING CONVENTION AFTER PLATNER EXITS SENATE RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow, this is going to have some real, real consequences,\u201d Concha said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concha argued that Platner\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-officials-felt-relief-when-supreme-court-forced-admin-to-reinstate-trump-immigration-policy-nyt-reports\/\" title=\"Biden Officials Felt \u2018Relief\u2019 When Supreme Court Forced Admin To Reinstate Trump Immigration Policy, NYT ...s\">declining poll numbers<\/a>, combined with the allegations against him, convinced Democrats he was no longer a viable candidate. Concha suggested the push to have Platner suspend his campaign was intended to ensure he exited before the July 13 ballot withdrawal deadline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concha criticizes Dems backing Maine candidate Platner amid scandal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2627240,"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\/AP26144826648665.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32133,3685,52093,45281,32171],"class_list":["post-2627239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-current-events","tag-democrats","tag-joe-concha","tag-partisan-politics","tag-political-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26144826648665.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627239","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=2627239"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2627243,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627239\/revisions\/2627243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2627240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2627239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2627239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2627239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}