MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart joined PBS News Hour on Friday to recap the week’s news, which naturally highlighted Graham Platner’s decision to exit the Maine Senate race after being accused of rape amid a long list of other scandals. In contrast to what he said a month ago after the first accusations of violence towards women came out, Capehart declared he was happy to see Platner go because he had become an electoral liability.
Host Geoff Bennett began by wondering, “So, Democrats have this immediate challenge trying to replace Graham Platner in this critical Maine Senate race. The larger question is why these serious controversies increasingly fail to disqualify political candidates until the pressure becomes overwhelming. But, Jonathan, starting with the practical question, what do Democrats need to do now?”
Capehart declared that Democrats “need to get a nominee who can best go up against Susan Collins.”
On PBS, MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart does a 180 on Graham Platner and throws him overboard, “They [Democrats] need to get a nominee who can best go up against Susan Collins. Now, with Graham Platner finally out of the race—I was happy to see that he submitted the papers to fully… pic.twitter.com/Emdo7QbVaL
— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) July 11, 2026
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