Sunny Hostin Defends Backing Graham Platner, Then Urges Him to Quit Maine Senate Race
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 7
Sunny Hostin Defends Backing Graham Platner, Then Urges Him to Quit Maine Senate Race
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 7
Summary
Sunny Hostin was pressed on "The View" over her past pledge to "plug my nose" and vote for embattled Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, conceding, "I was the problem."
Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sara Haines challenged Hostin for excusing allegations against Platner because he is a Democrat, while Hostin countered that Republicans had also backed accused figures including Pete Hegseth, who she said paid $50,000 to settle a claim.
Hostin still sidestepped Griffin's direct question on whether she would vote for Platner now, but later said he should leave the race because Maine law would let Democrats replace him.
The same episode widened into a clash with Marjorie Taylor Greene, whom Hostin confronted over a deleted X post suggesting one of Platner's accusers might have turned consensual sex into "rape for politics."
The exchange sharpened a broader debate over whether parties apply different moral standards to their own candidates as Democrats weigh the cost of holding a key Senate seat.