Maine Democrat claims 'anti-trans' sports activities marketing campaign a part of billionaire agenda

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Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner steered that opposition to transgender athletes in feminine sports activities was a results of an "out-of-state billionaire" agenda.

Final week, Platner spoke on Slate's " Death, Sex & Money " podcast the place he was requested by host Anna Sale concerning the subject being an ongoing situation for Democratic politicians comparable to Maine Gov. Janet Mills. Platner admitted that it is a difficulty that he cannot take "critically" as a result of he considers it "propaganda."

"It's this entire marketing campaign is funded by a billionaire not from Maine...The anti-trans marketing campaign in Maine," Platner stated. "It is funded by an out-of-state billionaire to guarantee that we've got this dialogue, and we do not discuss elevating his taxes. That is why it exists."

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U.S. senatorial candidate from Maine Graham Platner referred to as out the "anti-trans marketing campaign" occurring in his state on Slate's "Demise, Intercourse & Cash" podcast. (Sophie Park/Getty Pictures)

For instance, Platner recalled wrestling ladies in highschool in 2003 and "no one cared" on the time.

"There was no uproar. And that is wrestling. That is about as like precise violence," Platner stated, although he added he "received" all of the fights he had with ladies.

"So your response is you're being manipulated by billionaires by asking me about this as a substitute of asking me about entry to rural healthcare?" Sale requested.

"Fairly actually," Platner responded.

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A referendum to bar organic male athletes in feminine sports activities might be on the Maine ballot this November following the efforts of the Shield Women Sports activities in Maine group final month.

Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills has fought the Trump administration over the president's government order prohibiting organic males in feminine sports activities. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Picture)

Maine turned the main focus of transgender ladies in sports activities after Mills sparred with President Donald Trump over his threats to cut off federal funding if she refused to comply with his government order defending ladies' sports activities.

"We'll see you in courtroom," Mills responded.

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In an announcement to Fox News Digital , White Home spokesperson Kush Desai stated, "We get it’s arduous for Democrats to confess that there’s no logic or widespread sense to letting organic males play in ladies’s sports activities, however conjuring up made-up conspiracy theories isn’t making them appear any much less loopy."

Fox Information Digital additionally reached out to Mills' workplace for remark.

U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner has confronted a number of controversies since his marketing campaign started final yr. (Libby Kenny/Solar Journal through AP)

Platner has confronted a number of controversies forward of his Senate main marketing campaign. In October, he revealed a skull tattoo on his chest that resembles the "Totenkopf," a logo of the SS, or Schutzstaffel, underneath Adolf Hitler.

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He is additionally come underneath scrutiny for old social media posts the place he referred to himself as a "communist" and argued that if individuals "anticipate to struggle fascism with out a good semi-automatic rifle, they must do some studying of historical past."

Lindsay Kornick is an affiliate editor for Fox Information Digital. Story suggestions may be despatched to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.