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President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that embattled Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner was “in a bind” but added that the seriousness of the situation hinged on whether “you believe the woman” after Platner faced an accusation of sexual assault.
The president made the comments Wednesday evening as he gaggled with reporters on Air Force One as he returned to the U.S. from Ankara, Turkey, where he attended the Nato summit this week.
Trump was asked by reporters if Platner should be made to withdraw from the race after a woman he previously dated came forward with her experience of Platner coming into her home uninvited and forcing himself upon her. Her account was corroborated by contemporary remarks to friends, as well as a therapist. Platner, in a video message, denied the woman’s claims, calling them “troubling and false.”
The president also said that Maine Democrats were facing a tough situation, but appeared to suggest that there was room for people to believe Platn..

Maine oysterman Graham Platner has dropped his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins after an allegation of sexual assault led to prominent Democrats abandoning his campaign.
Platner, a political novice, saw his campaign rocked when Politico reported that he had sexually assaulted an ex-girlfriend, which he vehemently denied. The revelation, however, came after several other reports of potentially troubling behavior and past history dogged Platner throughout his campaign.
Platner put out a video where he continued to deny the accusations.
“We're not doing it because of the allegations,” he said in a video posted on X. “We're doing it because of the structures that are being taken away from us by those in power.”
His exit came just days before the July 13 deadline for Democrats to remove Platner from the ballot and after a number of Democratic Senators and left-wing advocates called on him to step aside.
Maine’s seat, currently held by five-term Republican Sen. Susan ..

A homeless Texas woman has been saved days after she spent days stuck in mud and sewage at the bottom of a ravine.
The Dallas Police Department took to social media Monday to thank first responders who helped them rescue the young woman in 104-degree weather on June 28.
Shortly before 5:30 p.m., local time, that day, a young man had heard faint cries for help coming from the woods behind a nearby high school, according to authorities.
“After investigating, he discovered the cries belonged to a young woman who had been trapped in a steep ravine for days by deep mud and sewage,” Dallas police wrote on Facebook.
Robert Kober, a paramedic who responded to the call, told local outlet WFAA that the woman, who was homeless, was “extremely weak and dehydrated because she had been out in the elements for several days.”
A Texas woman has been saved days after she got stuck in mud and sewage at the bottom of a ravine (KDFW)Footage captured by local outlet KDFW showed Kober walking reporter Dav..

An ex-girlfriend has accused embattled Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner of removing condoms during sex without her consent, the latest in a string of major misconduct allegations against the Democrat.
Lyndsey Fifield, 41, who dated Platner in the Washington, D.C., area, told The Washington Post that he repeatedly removed protection when they were intimate during their relationship, which lasted from 2013 to 2015.
“He would pull condoms off,” she said in an interview with the paper. “He would do it in a sneaky way. He wouldn’t tell me.”
The campaign told the Post that Fifield’s accusation is “categorically false and politically motivated.” It also reportedly noted that Fifield, who has worked in conservative politics, supported Brett Kavanaugh when he was accused of sexual assault ahead of his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Independent has contacted the Platner campaign for comment.
open image in galleryAn ex-girlfriend accuses Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Pl..