Hello,
A "reporter" with Fox "News" asked me if I thought I was too extreme or too radical to defeat Susan Collins here in Maine.
Here’s what I told him:
I don’t think it’s radical to try to bring down costs for working Mainers.
I don’t think it’s radical to try to make sure that our communities don’t get hollowed out because housing has become unaffordable for young people.
I don’t think it’s radical to try to create a health care system that doesn’t exist just to screw over working people all for the benefit of a health insurance CEO.
There’s nothing radical about thinking that the working people of Maine should be able to afford groceries, buy a home, or have a health care system that isn’t collapsing before their eyes.
What’s radical is somebody like Susan Collins who has, for decades now, passed policies that only support corporations and billionaires – to the detriment of working people.
What’s radical is supporting, over and over again, illegal and insane foreign wars that have done nothing to benefit the people of Maine and have, in fact, sent the cost of everything from gasoline to groceries through the roof.
What’s radical is pretending you’re concerned about women’s rights or our democracy as you vote to confirm people like Brett Kavanaugh and refuse to stand up to a dictator president who is sending armed masked agents across the country to kidnap and murder American citizens.
That’s what’s radical.
Look, the billionaires and the corporations are scared to death of someone like me defeating Susan Collins. Not only will it mean we can take back control of the Senate for Democrats, but I will also be a voice fighting back to expose the scams they’ve perpetrated and the wealth they’ve stolen from the American people.
That’s why they’re pouring millions of dollars into Super PACs. That’s why they’re spending those millions on negative TV ads attacking me across the entire state right now. That’s why they’ve got Fox "News" asking me ridiculous questions like is it radical to think people deserve health care in the richest country in the history of the world.
We can defeat Susan Collins and win this seat. Everyone agrees she is the most vulnerable Republican senator in the entire country.
We got this far without one ounce of help from the DC establishment, corporate PACs, or special interests like Big Pharma, Big Oil, or AIPAC. But the only way we finish the job and win this race is if people like you are with me in this fight every step of the way, from now until November 3rd.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I’ll admit: This campaign has been incredibly hard at times. But knowing we’re in this together makes it all worth it.
In solidarity,
Graham Platner