Democrats think Platner can ‘say he’s sorry and move past this’: Byron York

Published June 6, 2026 1:00pm ET



Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York slammed Democrats for their continued support of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner after a New York Times report detailed disturbing accounts from several of Platner’s ex-girlfriends. 

“I think the Democrats, and Platner, are trying to draw a line here. And the line here is assault and abuse, no physicality, which [Lyndsey Fifield, one of Platner’s ex-girlfriends] said, and nobody underage. And if they can’t prove he did any of that, then it’s ok. He’ll just say he’s sorry and move past this. But I don’t think that’s going to work,” York said on Fox News’s Special Report With Bret Baier Friday.

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