The Rumors About Graham Platner
Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan and Carl Cannon discuss reports that Democratic Senate Candidate for Maine Graham Platner’s wife told a senior campaign aide that Platner had sent sexually explicit messages to women during their marriage. Also, an ICE facility in Newark, NJ has been the subject of increasingly violent protests. Then, RCP White House correspondent Carolina Lumetta joins the guys to discuss the fate of the Freedom 250 concert series on the national mall, following announcements by most of the musical acts booked for the event that they would not perform. Also, a judge orders the President’s name be removed from the Kennedy Center and Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) promises an all-out effort to kill the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund". Then finally, they look forward to tomorrow’s California primaries, and a candidate named Dan Sullivan has entered into the race for Senate in Alaska, facing off against the incumbent Republican Senator whose name he shares, Dan Sullivan (R-AK).
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Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan and Carl Cannon discuss reports that Democratic Senate Candidate for Maine Graham Platner’s wife told a senior campaign aide that Platner had sent sexually explicit messages to women during their marriage. Also, an ICE facility in Newark, NJ has been the subject of increasingly violent protests. Then, RCP White House correspondent Carolina Lumetta joins the guys to discuss the fate of the Freedom 250 concert series on the national mall, following announcements by most of the musical acts booked for the event that they would not perform. Also, a judge orders the President’s name be removed from the Kennedy Center and Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) promises an all-out effort to kill the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund". Then finally, they look forward to tomorrow’s California primaries, and a candidate named Dan Sullivan has entered into the race for Senate in Alaska, facing off against the incumbent Republican Senator whose name he shares, Dan Sullivan (R-AK). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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