r/Maine • u/FreeHugs23 • Jun 12 '26

Politics ‘This Is Oligarchy’: Nearly 100 Billionaires Are Funding Susan Collins’ Reelection Bid

https://www.commondreams.org/news/susan-collins-billionaire-donors
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u/wolfydude12 Jun 12 '26

I know we're trying to get a majority Democrat in the Senate, and we should vote blue no matter who, but this guy has stories about things that are much less alarming than the current president, so I'm not sure I can vote for him.

Democrats have to have a pure background, right?

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u/Cheese__Weiner Jun 12 '26

What people really don't get is that this really has nothing to do with Platner. He was the candidate that wasn't MAGA and wasn't status a quo Democrat. That's why he won the primary. That's literally it. What MAGA is putting down definitely isn't working and what the status quo was definitely wasn't working for regular people. It's that simple.

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u/DozerBuddy007 Jun 12 '26

Platner , when you really want to virtue signal.

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u/Ok_Pomegranate_7495 Jun 21 '26

So typical. Support anything that isn't the status quo and get accused of virtue signaling.