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Former Platner campaign aide: ‘The answer to a broken political culture is not to accept it’

Former Platner campaign aide: ‘The answer to a broken political culture is not to accept it’

Summary

A former senior aide to Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner in Maine asked voters to consider supporting a different candidate in the upcoming primary election. The aide, Genevieve McDonald, wrote an opinion piece calling for change in the political culture.

Key Facts

  • Genevieve McDonald worked on Platner’s campaign as political director from August to October last year.
  • She wrote an op-ed published on Monday in The Washington Post.
  • McDonald encouraged members of the Democratic Party in Maine to vote for another candidate in the primary.
  • The primary election in Maine was scheduled for Tuesday.
  • McDonald’s message focused on the need to improve the political culture, rejecting the idea of accepting problems as normal.
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