Biden Spox Goes Scorched Earth On Platner: To Accept Him Is ‘An Indictment’ Of Dems

Kate Bedingfield said that prominent Democrats refusing to disavow Maine Senate Candidate Graham Platner — over several scandals and allegations — amounted to an “indictment” of the party.

Bedingfield, who served as communications director for former President Joe Biden, addressed the issue on CNN’s “The Arena,” telling host Kasie Hunt that she believed at least part of the problem could be chalked up to sexism.

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“I personally — I think it’s demoralizing that his transgressions are being overlooked,” Bedingfield said. “However, I’m not overly stunned in part because I think that the gender breakdown on how people are reacting to what they’ve read about him is very telling.”

She pivoted quickly to point out why that disparity could cause political problems for Platner in Maine — namely the fact that the electorate there skews toward women and older voters — and argued that he would have to win over some of the split-ticket voters who had chosen Biden and incumbent Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) in 2020.

“He’s got to pull some Biden-Collins voters from 2020 over his way, and Donald Trump continuing to attack him is one way that some of those people, you know, may come along,” she continued. “So, you know, listen, I personally don’t love it, but the people of Maine, you know, I don’t live there so they probably don’t really — they don’t really care what I think.”

“But I think it’s — I’m going to just say it and I have said it consistently, I think it’s an indictment of our party that we’re willing to look the other way on this, personally,” Bedingfield concluded.

Bedingfield’s assessment aligns almost perfectly with that of Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), who has also been very critical of Platner throughout the campaign. When Fox News host Laura Ingraham asked Fetterman directly whether he would campaign against Platner and for Collins — who by record and by most accounts is a moderate — he drew a hard line and reminded her that at the end of the day, he is a Democrat.

President Donald Trump officially endorsed Collins in the Maine Senate race several days earlier despite conceding that the two are definitely not “best friends.”