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'Deeply enraging:' Psaki rips Platner's self-sympathy, conspiracy theory in drop-out video - The Briefing w/Jen Psaki
Jen Psaki reports on the collapse of Graham Platner's campaign for senator from Maine after another sexual assault allegation became too much for his campaign to bear.
Molly Jong-Fast, host of the Fast Politics podcast, joins to discuss Platner's attitude and the considerations the state Democratic Party is going to have to make in replacing him. - Aired on 07/08/2026.