{"id":117184,"date":"2026-06-10T21:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/10\/democrats-reluctantly-accept-platner-as-gop-wields-his-candidacy-against-them-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:57:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:57:01","slug":"democrats-reluctantly-accept-platner-as-gop-wields-his-candidacy-against-them-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/10\/democrats-reluctantly-accept-platner-as-gop-wields-his-candidacy-against-them-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats reluctantly accept Platner as GOP wields his candidacy against them &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxORG4tYWNJYzdjN24wT0Y4ZnpfeGVuVW1wcmVhOTM5R0lWckpXNVlJN1AtbG1ZVWZzcVFuUGVVaXBWMmh5a3A3OS1uV21RSFBRZ2tyTzVwRWZJNGxjVWVfMG4xT1JycVRoUVJxOHVDOE5kZldKWV82YmlhMDdUREZuQmZWQ29qWEhGZ29FQUwzV0RUOEtCUmVRc2tSbENCSnBHNGNyOWVfQW5nTGJRVm9tTjJMUjluUHNybExLQWZlX2R0UDdx?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats reluctantly accept Platner as GOP wields his candidacy against them<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxOc3FXRW5lVzItRkp6ZXh3U0g0WEc2THRnaldKOE5TMW9INWpUaGtyQzFlV1JzYUszWHR6Q1NjZzl4SHAtZ2xXc2RWYnBlbTYxWEdKaUt4T0RsaENzdTAtZ19rb2ZvMnRQWDdMeWwzaU9yb0NDaEJjdDhiSzRUakZzTWktYlkxV1F0V2dyUDZjS25wM0hwQ1R4QllYNjVZbzcxNFZtYzhGVVRXSWxLcFpsQ2FjT0ZzNGs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Graham Platner tears into Republicans after clinching Susan Collins matchup in Maine, and other primary night takeaways<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTFA4OVdkTTJySVAtRGk0TV9YajVoYkxJY20zdEh2YzRQcHAwTkc0QUxMWUpSMGRlRjZLYkZQR2RrcTVCblAwc01PWUUzUlp5Ul9KTXZzUHRqZm1pVUtYYWxWVWNzSnFqZF9uVDRTREdUOHNaWTJRdzVpcG0tcWo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Graham Platner\u2019s Victory in Maine Senate Primary Gives Democrats Hope and Fears<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNX19ReEEyNjhwRGlDUmtVbmEzUUFZenBRWlZ4b25tV2d4ZzV4SHlOaVp3blQ5MXdma3EyOHAwazlxcFNBUDU2WXY0SFlpYmJNUlRQY1R1T1hDMmxpa3E2dVJ4Z3ZJMlJBSkw0NDRKT0praTVJU3k0QWpvbjNKR2ZuRElMeDBKbTZFZTZ3N3JnY29lNVFLUFdlWU9uSjFXVFA2YXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The Democratic fight over Graham Platner has just begun<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxPZFBVanhfc0x4R01fVWhiUWRfX3N1QjlXNVlCVzU1N05JUFBYQWxxekNJTERwNTRGRlRJUDJUUVo2UWtfcG82NGdRMzlOc08tSE5sbEZPRmRFVDBrUERyX0xXNXl6ZjBzUG13bi1vZmJ3dUQ2ZWJsQy14d2dja3NLVXlLY0lIYzYyQXJzSUxteDRkSElNb2RIUGNISHlGemw5bmsyUFdQcXNRWHNScmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Collins isn\u2019t Trump\u2019s \u2018best friend\u2019 but he\u2019s on her side in Maine Senate matchup with Platner<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats reluctantly accept Platner as GOP wields his candidacy against them&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Graham Platner tears into Republicans after clinching Susan Collins matchup in Maine,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/10\/democrats-reluctantly-accept-platner-as-gop-wields-his-candidacy-against-them-the-washington-post\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}