{"id":350040,"date":"2026-06-06T18:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/should-dems-ditch-the-moral-high-ground-to-win-midterms-debate-roundup\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T18:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:00:13","slug":"should-dems-ditch-the-moral-high-ground-to-win-midterms-debate-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/should-dems-ditch-the-moral-high-ground-to-win-midterms-debate-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Dems ditch the moral high ground to win midterms? | Debate roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/hUgOV_MlXbA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Should Dems ditch the moral high ground to win midterms? | Debate roundup\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hUgOV_MlXbA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Graham Platner is still likely to win Maine\u2019s Democratic Senate nomination in Tuesday\u2019s primary \u2014 but some voters in the state who once were excited by his campaign now say they\u2019ll hold their noses while casting their ballots after a series of negative reports about his personal behavior. Speaking to CNN in Portland, Maine, Sandra Braden said she doesn\u2019t have \u201ca lot of faith\u201d Platner has changed as he says he has, nor does she believe his assertion that he didn\u2019t know the origins of a tattoo with Nazi-linked iconography that he\u2019s since had covered.<\/p>\n<p>This as multiple democratic lawmakers defend Platner, citing the GOP&#8217;s past actions as a moral contradiction.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Are Dems hurting their own case with &#8216;purity tests&#8217;?<br \/>\n8:47 Dems struggle with identity defending Platner<br \/>\n11:46 Dems take from GOP tone playbook<\/p>\n<p>Watch more CNN here: https:\/\/cnn.it\/4kh5RPe<\/p>\n<p>#Platner #Midterms #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham Platner is still likely to win Maine\u2019s Democratic Senate nomination in Tuesday\u2019s primary \u2014 but some voters in the state who once were excited by his campaign now say they\u2019ll hold their noses while casting their ballots after a series of negative reports about his personal behavior. 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