Graham Platner Won Maine by 50 Points. The Establishment Is Furious. Good.

The double standards, the legacy media pile-on, and why a landslide primary victory tells you everything about who the billionaire class is actually afraid of

By Qasim Rashid, Esq., Let’s Address This

Here’s what happened in Maine.

A first-time Senate candidate ran on an unapologetic platform of universal healthcare, labor rights, Indigenous sovereignty, economic justice, condemnation of genocide in Gaza, condemnation of the illegal war in Iran, and a complete refusal to take a single dollar from AIPAC or corporate PACs.

The establishment said he was unelectable. Corporate media said he was irredeemable. Democratic insiders clutched their pearls. Republican Senator Susan Collins expressed the gravest of concerns. David Brooks of the New York Times called him a “degenerate.”

And Graham Platner won the Democratic primary by more than 50 points.

He is already polling nearly 10 points ahead of Susan Collins in the general election.

Turns out progressive, worker-focused policies work. Turns out Mainers—like most Americans—are capable of distinguishing between a candidate who made mistakes, owned them, apologized, and did better, and the sea of politicians who have done far worse and never apologized for anything.