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Emile

(44,049 posts) Mon Jun 22, 2026, 12:03 PM 14 hrs ago

Platner slams Susan Collins and Trump in latest press conference.

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Platner slams Susan Collins and Trump in latest press conference. (Original Post) Emile 14 hrs ago OP

Platner is a skilled rhetorician. Kid Berwyn 14 hrs ago #1

He's good and he's going to win. mr715 14 hrs ago #2

Graham Platner will have a news conference live today Emile 14 hrs ago #3

Sarcasm mr715 14 hrs ago #5

Wow, that is a Go Big or Go Home message if I ever heard one bucolic_frolic 14 hrs ago #4

Kid Berwyn

(25,453 posts)

1. Platner is a skilled rhetorician.

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 12:07 PM

14 hrs ago

He convinces listeners to not only take his side, but to support his cause.

Thanks for the heads-up, Emile!

mr715

(4,804 posts)

2. He's good and he's going to win.

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 12:08 PM

14 hrs ago

I really hope they debate.

Emile

(44,049 posts)

3. Graham Platner will have a news conference live today

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 12:11 PM

14 hrs ago

on C-Span 3p.m. ET today.

mr715

(4,804 posts)

5. Sarcasm

Reply to Emile (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 12:25 PM

14 hrs ago

I guess the scandals finally caught up to him and he's stepping down...

bucolic_frolic

(56,296 posts)

4. Wow, that is a Go Big or Go Home message if I ever heard one

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 12:23 PM

14 hrs ago

He could play Teddy Roosevelt in the movies. He smells blood and he's going for it. Impressive assembly of principled politics and citizen anger.

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