{"id":74333,"date":"2026-06-02T10:57:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/watch-schiff-ducks-platner-questions-as-embattled-dem-senate-hopeful-hits-dc\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:57:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:57:47","slug":"watch-schiff-ducks-platner-questions-as-embattled-dem-senate-hopeful-hits-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/watch-schiff-ducks-platner-questions-as-embattled-dem-senate-hopeful-hits-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Schiff ducks Platner questions as embattled Dem Senate hopeful hits DC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Adam Schiff,<\/a> D-Calif., dodged questions when asked whether he stood by Graham Platner, the embattled Maine Democrat whose Senate bid has become too big for his party to ignore and too messy for some Democrats to rally behind.<\/p>\n

Schiff declined to answer when asked by Fox News Digital whether he was still supporting Platner, despite the Senate candidate being embroiled in multiple controversies.<\/p>\n

“I’m going to an interview upstairs,” he responded.<\/p>\n

Schiff later told CNN that he would “wait to learn more about these recent allegations involving his texting other women.”<\/a><\/p>\n

SANDERS SAYS PLATNER HAS THE ‘GUTS’ TO FIGHT BILLIONAIRES DESPITE GROWING SCANDAL PILEUP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Ultimately, though it’s going to be up to Maine voters what they decide how important or unimportant that is, and how important to focus on the economy, cost of living,” Schiff said. “And those issues are, but I’m going to wait until I know more about what just came out in the last 24, 48 hours to really say more about it.”<\/p>\n

Schiff, like several other Democrats, has not officially endorsed Platner.<\/p>\n

Others appear more willing to stomach the seemingly ever-growing list of scandals attached to the scandal-plagued candidate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., who similarly has not officially endorsed Platner, wants to flip the Senate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m supporting all Democrats,” Alsobrooks told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

DEMOCRATS BREAK WITH SCANDAL-PLAGUED GRAHAM PLATNER, WARN OF ‘CIVIL WAR’ IN PARTY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t know him. Honestly, I\u2019ve never met him,” she continued. “What I do know is that I\u2019m supporting Democrats. We need Democrats in office to fight back against Donald Trump, and<\/a> I\u2019m supporting them.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The reckoning among Democrats comes months after the start of Platner\u2019s public relations woes, which began when video surfaced of him sporting a totenkopf,<\/a> or death\u2019s head tattoo, on his chest \u2014 a symbol of the Nazi war machine from World War II.<\/p>\n

The dam broke in recent weeks, with old Reddit posts resurfacing<\/a> in which Platner waxes on veterans, sexual assault and other topics. He\u2019s also embroiled in a sexting scandal and was most recently found to have a profile on the controversial Kik platform.<\/p>\n

Now he’s coming to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to hold a confab with Senate Democrats.<\/p>\n

PLATNER STILL HAS ACTIVE ACCOUNT ON ANONYMOUS APP DUBBED ‘PREDATOR’S PARADISE’ AMID CHEATING SCANDAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

His most vocal supporter in the Senate, Sen. Bernie Sanders,<\/a> I-Vt., argued that the deluge of scandals was because of Platner\u2019s stance against billionaires.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“What we’re looking at right now is a situation where billionaires have already pledged to spend $90 million in a tiny state like Maine,” Sanders said. “Trust me, that is a lot of money. They don’t want him in.”<\/p>\n

Others who have backed him, including Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz.<\/a>, aren\u2019t cutting the candidate loose.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Republicans aren\u2019t letting the moment pass to go after Platner in defense of their colleague and longtime incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.<\/p>\n

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told Fox News Digital what he believed voters thought of the insurgent candidate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Here\u2019s how I think most fair-minded Americans view Mr. Platner. They think that Jesus loves him but, in their opinion, he\u2019s an idiot,” Kennedy said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., dodged questions when asked whether he stood by Graham Platner, the embattled Maine Democrat whose Senate bid has become too big for his party to ignore and too messy for some Democrats to rally behind. Schiff declined to answer when asked by Fox News Digital whether he was still supporting Platner, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}