Platner’s Top Campaign Strategist on What Went Wrong

Before we begin today's show, we're gonna be doing an Ask Me Anything episode. Quite soon. So if you have any questions, email us at Ezra Clean Show at NYTimes.com with the headline AMA. Mm. The Democratic Party's in a tense moment right now.

And the implosion of Grand Platinum Senate campaign in Maine has become a focal point. For those tensions. Democrat Grant Platiner said he is dropping out of his state senate race. It follows allegations of rape and physical abuse, which he denies. This is all false. The things that have been claimed did not happen.

After months of debating what the lessons of Platner's sudden rise were Now it's all about the lessons of his even more sudden fall. And every faction has a lesson and wants the other faction to learn. To the democratic establishment, it shows the failures of the populace to vet their candidates. You can't trust them. Look at how platinum fell apart under scrutiny.

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