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Platner says he won't be an 'a--hole' like Fetterman in Senate
Oysterman Graham Platner, the ostensible Democratic frontrunner in this year’s Maine Senate race, used an expletive to describe a sitting Democratic senator that previously insulted him. “The Senate really is a place of — it’s a lot about relationships, and I, like — I don’t want to go down there a...
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What happenedPlatner says he won't be an 'a--hole' like Fetterman in Senate.
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Left / center-leftPlatner hurls expletive at Fetterman as he vows he's nothing like him
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Platner hurls expletive at Fetterman as he vows he's nothing like him
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Oysterman Graham Platner, the ostensible Democratic frontrunner in this year’s Maine Senate race, used an expletive to describe a sitting Democratic senator that previously insulted him. “T...
Platner says he won't be an 'a--hole' like Fetterman in Senate
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Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner went after Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Sunday during a town hall, calling the Pennsylvania senator “an a--hole.” “The Senate really is a...
