After Democrat Graham Platner finally dropped out of the Maine Senate race on Wednesday night, Thursday’s Morning Joe continued to try to defend him. Co-host Joe Scarborough said Republicans would be “beyond hypocritical” to wade into the issue, as he said it was “fascinating” that some were “summarily calling him a rapist now.” His co-host and wife, Mika Brzezinski, also joined in as she called the controversies, like the Nazi tattoo, “just a Tuesday” for some Republicans.
After the show played clips from Platner’s dropout announcement video, Scarborough first detailed Platner’s denials as strong. He said, “First of all, he denied these charges as clearly and as strongly as you can deny these charges.”
Scarborough then said it was “fascinating that there are people in the media, people that we know, that are just summarily calling him a rapist now,” as he claimed he and Brzezinski had the same defense for Brett Kavanaugh.
Morning Joe continued defending Graham Platner on Thursday.Joe Scarborough said Platner “denied these charges as clearly and as strongly as you can deny these charges” before he said it was “fascinating” that “people in the media…are just summarily calling him a rapist now.” pic.twitter.com/liT7aMfpLt
— Nick (@nspin310) July 9, 2026
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