Well fuck, I was looking forward to democrats voting in a nazi on their "Vote blue no matter who!" trend.
真他妈遗憾,我还挺期待看到民主党人顶着他们那套“不管是谁,只要穿蓝衣就投票”的趋势,选个纳粹上来。
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/10/graham-platner-maine-senate-officially-withdraws
Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, officially withdrew his candidacy on Friday afternoon, ending a campaign laden with scandals.
缅因州美国参议员民主党提名人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳周五下午正式退出竞选,结束了这场充满丑闻的运动。
Maine’s secretary of state confirmed Platner had filed the paperwork to remove his name from the November ballot, two days after Platner publicly said he planned to exit the race.
缅因州国务卿确认普拉特纳已提交文件,将其名字从11月的选票中移除,这发生在他公开表示计划退出竞选两天后。
In a letter shared on social media outlining the populist ideals that underlined his meteoric rise to the national political stage and drew widespread support in the state, Platner called for the movement built under his name to continue. He expressed gratitude to those who supported him, and called for “a new kind of politics”.
在一封社交媒体上分享的信中,普拉特纳阐述了使他迅速登上全国政治舞台并赢得全州广泛支持的民粹主义理想。他呼吁在他名号下构建的运动继续下去,对支持者表示感谢,并呼吁“一种新的政治”。
“People are desperate for change. For this broken system to be righted. For the American experiment to be furthered,” he wrote, noting the more than 156,000 votes he received in the 9 June primary. “My name may have been on the ballot, but that ballot line belongs to the people of Maine.”
“人们迫切渴望变革。希望纠正这个破败的体制。希望推动美国实验更进一步,”他写道,并提到他在6月9日初选中获得的超过156,000张选票。“我的名字可能出现在选票上,但这条选票线属于缅因州的人民。”
Platner’s letter did not include a mention of the sexual assault allegations made against him this week, which led to his decision to suspend his candidacy. In an 11-minute video posted on Wednesday, he denied the allegations and said the Democratic establishment was “using these allegations to take away all of the things we need to run a campaign”.
Platner的信件中并未提及本周对他提出的性侵指控,这导致他决定暂停竞选。他在周三发布的一段11分钟的视频中否认了这些指控,并表示民主党建制派“正利用这些指控剥夺我们竞选所需的一切资源”。