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Maine Democrat Dr. Nirav Shah says he ‘won’t abandon’ Platner’s progressive values

2026-07-17 News & Politics
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Maine Democrats participated in the first debate since Graham Platner dropped out of the Senate race. Dr. Nirav Shah joined Meet the Press NOW to discuss why he’s best placed to beat Sen. Susan Collins (R) in November. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: https://www.nbcnews.com » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Subscribe to Here's the Scoop podcast: https://www.nbcnews.com/heres-the-scoop-daily-podcast » NBC News App: https://apps.nbcnews.com/mobile » Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621 » Visit NBCNews.Com: http://nbcnews.to/ReadNBC » Find NBC News on Facebook: http://nbcnews.to/LikeNBC » Follow NBC News on Twitter: http://nbcnews.to/FollowNBC » Follow NBC News on Instagram: http://nbcnews.to/InstaNBC #news #maine #politics

Top Comments (10)

@Care-4-earth 2026-07-19

Sorry but Shenna Bellows was too rehearsed and robotic.

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@margaretkistner4505 2026-07-18

That democrat debate was a joke. Even Platner is laughing. So embarrassing for Maine.

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@Bonesmalone-k3l 2026-07-18

These hillbillies are getting 100,000 a year. The Trump government dumbed down the qualifications to join ICE big time. If I was an LEO, I'd be insulted to know they can just come into a town unmarked and untrained and have that kind of jurisdiction, all while making double what cops make. It's disgusting!

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@jeromyelizondo8490 2026-07-18

Its the democrat party that has been corrupted. Why did shutting down USAID bring the party funding to a crushing blow? This was to support charities around thw world but it seems to be the wallet of the democrat party.

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@rip-roaring_rick 2026-07-17

He's just pandering to the Platner base. He's conservative, likely takes washed AIPAC funds, and is an absolute liar this election cycle. DO NOT support him Maine! Troy Jackson or bust!

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@DitzyOG 2026-07-17

Thank you President Trump for saving our country and the world from the dem party!!😊

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@DaFrawg-sw0mp 2026-07-17

because islam misogyny is soooo progressive... 🙄

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@Hamish-f4b 2026-07-18

Progressives are nuts. Who knows what factional fighting they'll get up to. Don't forget about 10% of progressive voters wouldn't help out by voting Clinton in 2016. Look what happened. We have trump again because several million progressives wouldn't come out for Harris.

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@DitzyOG 2026-07-17

Dems lost the White House in 2024 → Dems go full commie in 2026🤣

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@GigaBeavis24 2026-07-17

What a disaster. Susan will win 100%

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