Dem Rep. Dingell on New Sexual Assault Allegation Against Graham Platner: ‘I‘m Trying to Process It’; ‘Ultimately, This Is Up to the People of Maine’

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DINGELL: “So, like many people, including the candidate that we just heard from, I‘m trying to process it. I mean, this ultimately isn‘t — this is up to the people of Maine. And they spoke loud and clear at the beginning of June that they want change. They want someone who‘s going to stand up to Donald Trump and is going to get change in a United States Senate that is a rubber stamp and not stepping up for the American people in votes that they‘re taking every single day. I‘ve spent my life, as you know, living in a home that had violence, fighting for women, and men too, but for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. So, I am never going to say that that is okay. The candidate is denying these charges. We‘ve got to be careful. We don‘t know what all the facts are, but women find themselves afraid to come forward because it just gets complicated. What I do know, he said he‘s taking a step back. And that was a very powerful statement.”