Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) reaffirmed his endorsement of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner on June 2, telling reporters he had met with Platner and would work to defeat Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins in November.
The comments were Schumer’s first on camera since reports surfaced over the weekend that Platner had sent sexually explicit messages to other women while newly married.
“As I said, I endorsed Graham Platner,” Schumer said on June 2. “We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate.”
Schumer returned to that line repeatedly as reporters pressed him on Platner and on concerns about the candidate. Each time he was asked, he said Democrats would beat Collins and declined to address the questions directly….