Graham Platner’s Plan to Dethrone Susan Collins — and the Democratic Establishment

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[gentle music] From The New York Times, this is The Interview. I'm Lulu Garcia-Navarro. In Maine, there's a candidate for Senate who's electrifying the Democratic base and worrying the establishment. Graham Platner is a progressive 41-year-old military vet and oyster farmer. His pitch? Starting a working-class revolution, but he's been dogged by controversy in his short time in the national spotlight, starting with the revelation of a tattoo on his chest that's widely recognized as a Nazi symbol, and continuing with the publication of past offensive social media posts. Now that his primary opponent, Governor Janet Mills, has dropped out of the race, Platner will be taking on longtime Republican senator Susan Collins, and Washington Democrats are pinning their hopes on him to help win back the Senate in November. Is he ready?