Pro­gres­sives rush to find Plat­ner alter­na­tive in new dust-up with Schumer

The ear­ly jock­ey­ing to replace Gra­ham Plat­ner on the bal­lot in Maine is com­ing with a warn­ing from lib­er­als who want Sen­ate Minor­i­ty Leader Chuck Schumer (D‑NY) to play no part in choos­ing his successor.Platner’s expect­ed with­draw­al, sparked by a bomb­shell report alleg­ing sex­u­al assault, has the Left rush­ing to find a replace­ment who embraces the same plat­form that vot­ers reward­ed in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic pri­ma­ry last month, with sev­er­al eye­ing Troy Jack­son, a for­mer state Sen­ate pres­i­dent backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I‑VT).Front of mind for them is how Schumer fought to dis­place Plat­ner, and ear­ly pro­gres­sive calls for him to drop out were paired with open hos­til­i­ty toward Schumer’s involve­ment …