For the first few months of his U.S. Senate campaign, Graham Platner looked like just the kind of candidate that many Democrats say they want right now. The party has been bleeding working-class men for decades, including in the two elections it lost to Donald Trump. Donors are desperately searching for a “Joe Rogan of the left” who will help liberals reach disaffected, internet-poisoned men in their 20s and 30s. Platner seemed like he could help the party reach those men, and others who feel disappointed, disillusioned, or left out in the current political and economic landscape. He served four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Marine and Army infantryman; now he’s a 41-year-old oysterman living in Sullivan, Maine. His voice is a gravelly baritone, which he uses to vent frustrations abou

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