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Graham Platner is a man on an island. Following Politico’s and CNN’s reporting on Monday that the ex-girlfriend of the Democratic Senate candidate from Maine accused him of raping her in 2021, leader Chuck Schumer dropped his (tacit) support. Then Zohran Mamdani turned his shoulder. Sen. Bernie Sanders, one of Platner’s earliest and most enthusiastic supporters, encouraged him to get out of the race after speaking to him on Tuesday.