Kristen Welker: “Graham Platner's candidacy, of course, as you know, was…”

“I do want to talk about Maine. Democrats have now replaced Graham Platner as the Senate Democratic nominee with former State Senator Troy Jackson. Graham Platner's candidacy, of course, as you know, was derailed by a series of controversies. And when he dropped out, the party only had a matter of days to settle on a replacement. Are you confident that Troy Jackson has been fully vetted, Senator?” (00:08–00:14)

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