President Donald Trump spoke at length on Wednesday about Democrat Graham Platner, who clinched Maine’s Democratic Senate nomination on Tuesday.
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Trump said Platner “is a thug. He’s a cheap, no-good person.” He also called him “fake” and “phony.”
The president mentioned the numerous accusations against Platner and wondered what would happen if Republicans had a candidate like that.
Trump himself has faced numerous accusations about his past treatment of women, including being found liable for sexual abuse. The president also has endorsed Senate hopeful Ken Paxton, a Texas Republican with a checkered public past.
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Trump also, unprompted, mentioned Jeffrey Epstein, faulting Democrats for fixating on Epstein while still backing Platner.
