Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has lost another top campaign official, as a series of controversies surrounding old social media comments and an alleged Nazi-linked tattoo derailed his campaign’s momentum.
Plattner’s national finance director Ronald Holmes resigned from his post on the campaign “effective immediately” on Friday Announcement Posted on LinkedIn.
Holmes said, “I joined this campaign because I believed in building something different – a campaign of fresh energy, integrity and reform-minded thinking in a political system that often opposes those things.”
But he wrote that “somewhere along the way,” he began to feel that his “professional standards” no longer “completely matched” those of Plattner’s campaign.
He wrote, “I am proud of those who came with good hearts and a clear purpose and the lessons learned along the way.” He concluded his resignation announcement by wishing the campaign and Maine voters “the best of luck in electing a candidate they believe is best suited for the moment.”
Holmes’ resignation marks Plattner’s third exit from the organizing team. Former campaign manager Kevin Brown left his post On Monday he said his decision was due to the expectation of a child. His former political director, Genevieve MacDonald, left his post Because of Plattner’s previous posts on social media.
Plattner previously created an account on the social media platform Reddit. Under the account – which was deleted before the launch of his campaign – he made Comments dating back several years that seemed to condone sexual harassment. He also asked “why don’t black people tip” and made comments supporting political violence.
main candidate Rejected his previous commentsSaying that he didn’t think “any of this was indicative of who I am today.”
One of his tattoos became involved in controversy due to its alleged resemblance to a Nazi symbol. plattner covered up tattoo Last week, he said he had no idea about the meaning of the tattoo before others informed him about it. But further Plattner’s old posts were revealed called your claim In question.
plattner accused The Democratic Party tried to “destroy my life” during a Maine town hall earlier this week. Reports of his social media posts and tattoos first surfaced after Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D). Entering the Senate race In mid-October.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) have supported Mills while Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has maintained support For Plattner, despite the controversies that have plagued the campaign over the past few weeks. Both hope that their choice will oust Republican Senator Susan Collins from power and help swing the majority in the Senate in their party’s favor.
