Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner faces conservative backlash after posting about Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire.
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Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner faces conservative backlash after posting about Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire.
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner faces conservative backlash after posting about Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire. Graham Platner’s primary victory in Maine says more about the unpopularity of the Democratic party elite than any race to date Not long after governor Janet Mills had effectively dropped out of the primary race, a storm grew around Platner’s campaign.
The Guardian US reported the story as "The attacks on Graham Platner didn’t just fail – they may have backfired | Dustin Guastella." Fox News reported the story as "Platner's 'deranged' response to Musk becoming a trillionaire sparks online outrage: 'Loserthink'."
2 sources have covered this story, including Fox News and The Guardian US. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 2 hours ago.
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