New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday called on Graham Platner to end his campaign for the U.S. Senate in Maine, becoming one of the most prominent national voices on the American left to urge the embattled Democratic nominee to step out of the race.
“I believe that it’s time for him to drop out of the race,” Mamdani told reporters at New York City Hall, adding that he believes a campaign termination is the “only appropriate response” for Platner in the wake of the latest sexual assault accusation leveled against him.
The intervention by Mamdani, an influential progressive leader, accelerates a rapid collapse of support for Platner following a Politico report detailing a 2021 sexual assault allegation by a 41-year-old Maine resident, Jenny Racicot. Platner has maintained a defiant stance against the reporting but acknowledged the political fallout…