Sanders remains qui­et as pres­sure grows for Plat­ner to quit amid rape claim

A bomb­shell rape alle­ga­tion has thrown Maine Sen­ate can­di­date Gra­ham Plat­ner’s cam­paign into tur­moil, but some of his most pro­gres­sive sup­port­ers in Con­gress are stand­ing by him.At least three Demo­c­ra­t­ic law­mak­ers — Sens. Bernie Sanders, I‑Vt., Chris Mur­phy, D‑Conn., and Chris Van Hollen, D‑Md. — have yet to with­draw their sup­port or call on Plat­ner to end his cam­paign after Maine res­i­dent Jen­ny Raci­cot, 41, accused him of rape in inter­views with Politi­co and CNN.Asked by Fox News Dig­i­tal about Raci­cot’s alle­ga­tion that Plat­ner in 2021 barged into her home while intox­i­cat­ed and forced her to have unpro­tect­ed sex, none of the law­mak­ers respond­ed by pub­li­ca­tion time.The mut­ed response marks the lat­est sign that some pro­gres­sives are stick­ing with Plat­ner despite mount­ing scan­dals threat­en­ing the via­bil­i­ty of his Sen­ate bid.DEMOCRATS BREAK WITH SCANDAL-PLAGUED GRAHAM PLATNE …