Hillary Clinton has joined the chorus of Democrats avoiding comments about Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner.
The failed Democratic presidential nominee has also tried dodging a question about endorsing the scandal-plagued Platner, dismissing his many controversies as just “bumps on the road.”
Clinton was asked about Platner during a discussion with David Remnick at the 92nd Street Y in New York this week, after spending a significant amount of time bashing President Donald Trump.
“To win the Senate, one of the seats that the Democrats have to win is in Maine. How do you feel about him?” Remnick asked as the topic turned to the 2026 midterms and the 2028 road to the White House.
Hillary zigs and zags when asked about Graham Platner:
“He’s had some bumps on the road.”
Ok, but if you were a Mainer, would you vote for him?
“I’m not a Mainer. I’m a New Yorker.”
**Changes subject**
The Dem elite’s squirming and deflecting on this guy is something else. pic.twitter.com/gL6A5jzhfa
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 17, 2026
“I feel about him the way I feel about any candidate,” Clinton replied. “I want to see what kind of candidate he actually turns out to be, the bumps on the road that he has experienced, and some of the things he has said.”
“Bumps on the road?” Remnick questioned.
“Yeah, I mean, clearly bumps on the road in terms of some of his prior behavior, some of his prior statements. And I will tell you, I served with Susan Collins. She is going to be very hard to beat, and it’s going to be a tough election. So I’m reserving,” the former Secretary of State said.
“But if you were a Mainer, would you pull the— where would you pull the lever?” Remnick pressed.
“But I’m not a Mainer, I’m a New Yorker,” Clinton responded, clearly dodging a direct answer.
“I think we can get actually to what we need in the majority in the House, which will give us a check on him. I think this election has to be about affordability and accountability. And we need to start holding the people around Trump accountable. And we’re going to see whether we can take the Senate. But I think the House has to be the primary objective,” she insisted, avoiding an endorsement of the Senate candidate with the Nazi tattoo and accusations of sending sexually explicit messages to women other than his wife.
“And then once that election is behind us, you’re going to have 10 or 12 pretty good candidates, in my view, running in 2028. And I don’t know who’s going to emerge because I don’t know who’s going to catch the moment. Who’s going to be able to convince the various factions of the Democratic Party to support him or her?” Clinton said, smoothly directing the discussion away from the topic of Platner.
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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