This means he can be replaced with another Democrat

Per the NYT

Graham Platner can be replaced as the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine if he withdraws from the race by next Monday, and state law would then give the state Democratic Party until July 27 to name a replacement.

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    When allegations are totally uncorroborated, they aren’t taken that seriously.

    That’s not true at all. And that’s not what people mean when they say “believe women.” That is an absolute and unconditional statement. There is zero wiggle room for “but what if it isn’t true?”

    I’m not reading the rest of that. You’re deeply unserious. Go away

    Go fuck yourself, dude. Enjoy getting Susan Collins elected. And when the republicans narrowly hang on to their senate majority as a result, don’t come crying to me about how no one’s doing enough to stop the fascists. Do you not realize how important this election was?

    You’re like the people who couldn’t focus on anything other than how bad Kamala Harris would supposedly be in the lead-up to the 2024 election. And then when trump got elected, it was “Ohh it’s all the liberals’ fault! Why didn’t they stop the fascism?”

    Well I’ll tell you why. It’s because people like you can’t learn to hold your damn noses and vote for an imperfect candidate if that’s what it’ll take to stop fascism.

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      If he doesn’t drop out, he will lose to Collins. His reputation has been irreversibly damaged. Fervently defending him does nothing but harm the progressive platform, and as such I have to assume you’re a bad actor trying to sow division. My only regret is that blocking you won’t actually prevent you from replying to this comment with more rape apologia.

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        If your idea of “rape apologia” is “not believing every uncorroborated accusation” then how would you like it if I accused you of rape? Probably suddenly “tHaT’s DiFfErEnT!!1!1!1!”

        You’re right about this though: his reputation is irreversibly damaged. Whether the accusation is true or not. But you can’t see how that’s potentially a bad thing?