{"id":2653852,"date":"2026-09-02T20:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T00:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-platner-dropped-from-labor-day-rally-speaker-schedule\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T20:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T00:57:51","slug":"graham-platner-dropped-from-labor-day-rally-speaker-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-platner-dropped-from-labor-day-rally-speaker-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Platner dropped from Labor Day rally speaker schedule"},"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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgraham-platner-dropped-from-labor-day-rally-speaker-schedule%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=2653852&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 former Democratic Senate candidate, was scheduled to speak at a Labor Day rally in Maine but was removed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >speaker lineup amid allegations<\/a> from ex-girlfriends of rape, sexual assault, and emotional abuse. The organizers decided to withdraw his invitation after pressure from his former partners and concerns over safety and media attention. Platner has denied the allegations, which led to his suspension from the Maine Senate race against Senator Susan Collins. Critics and advocacy groups condemned the decision to give him a platform, emphasizing the importance of accountability and survivors&#8217; voices. Platner was replaced by Troy Jackson in the race, which is highly competitive and crucial for Senate control.  <\/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\">Former Democratic <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/senate\/\">Senate<\/a> nominee <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/graham-platner\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/graham-platner\">Graham Platner<\/a> was pulled as a speaker from a Labor Day event in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maine\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maine\">Maine<\/a> that was supposed to mark one of his first major public appearances since ending his campaign for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner was set to speak Monday at the rally organized by Hancock County Activists and Acadia Action Peacemakers, which have been behind the nationwide anti-Trump \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests. The rally is taking place in Ellsworth, near his hometown of Sullivan.<\/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\/4711078\/graham-platner-labor-day-rally-speaker\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Graham Platner dropped from Labor Day rally speaker schedule<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4710205\/trump-alaska-trip-preview-dan-sullivan\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump previews trip to Alaska to campaign for Dan Sullivan, ripping into the other Dan Sullivan<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4709424\/tv-networks-low-key-gop-midterm-convention-nfl-games\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>TV networks plan low-key coverage of GOP midterm convention amid high-profile NFL games<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Event organizers told the <em>Associated Press<\/em> on Wednesday that Platner had been scrapped as a speaker after being urged to do so by Jenny Racicot, an ex-girlfriend who had accused Platner of raping her. Lyndsey Fifield, another ex-girlfriend of Platner\u2019s,\u00a0also pushed organizers to drop him after she accused the ex-Senate candidate of toxic behavior and emotional abuse. <\/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\">\u201cGraham is not speaking,\u201d Carol Leonard of Hancock County Activists said, adding that Platner will instead lead a veterans\u2019 march after the rally. \u201cThe media frenzy got just too insane, and we became concerned about safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner has said he is not guilty of the rape, sexual, or domestic abuse claims brought by his ex-girlfriends, which ultimately forced him to suspend his campaign in Maine for the Senate. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After he dropped out of the race against Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Racicot and Fifield continued the pressure campaign against Platner, pressing the Labor Day event organizers to withdraw him as a speaker from the pro-union event.<\/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\">\u201cWhile Graham\u2019s behavior is disappointing, it\u2019s hardly surprising,\u201d Racicot and Fifield said in a joint statement. \u201cWhat is surprising is that there are people who are still willing to give him a platform despite his refusal to take any accountability for his actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cheyenne Hunt, executive director of Reckoning Action, also called on organizers to withdraw Platner\u2019s invitation, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wmtw.com\/article\/graham-platner-accusers-demand-event-invitation-rescinded\/73434135\">according to<\/a> WMTW. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4708146\/gop-anxiety-trump-midterm-money-too-late\/\"><strong>GOP ANXIETY GROWS THAT TRUMP MIDTERM MONEY WILL BE SPENT TOO LATE \u2014 OR NOT AT ALL<\/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\">\u201cContinuing to give Graham Platner a bully pulpit is irresponsible, reckless, and antithetical to the direction we should be headed as Democrats,\u201d Hunt said in a statement. \u201cWe call on the Hancock County Activists to rescind his invitation to speak, and we call on Democrats everywhere to stand with survivors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner was replaced by Troy Jackson at the top of the Democratic ticket. Jackson is now set to face Collins in November in one of the closest races in the country that could determine majority control of the Senate.<\/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 removed from Maine Labor Day rally after abuse claims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2653853,"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\/09\/AP26159006863557.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[39467,4542,85046],"class_list":["post-2653852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-labor-day","tag-protest","tag-speaker-removal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26159006863557.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653852","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2653852"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2653856,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653852\/revisions\/2653856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2653853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2653852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2653852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2653852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}