Overview
- Campaign treasurer Victoria Perrone resigned last week, with FEC records now listing Ben Martello as treasurer, and Perrone’s firm is no longer handling compliance, according to Judge Street Journal and subsequent reports.
- National finance director Ronald Holmes III also quit on Friday, saying on LinkedIn his professional standards no longer aligned with the campaign.
- Jewish Insider published audio from an August fundraiser in which Platner called Israel a terrorist state, urged blocking U.S. aid, and made claims about Netanyahu and Oct. 7 casualty figures that the outlet says are inaccurate.
- Platner has apologized for deleted Reddit posts that included slurs and offensive remarks and has covered a chest tattoo resembling a Nazi Totenkopf, though reporting has challenged his timeline of when he learned the symbol’s meaning.
- The campaign says it is powered by small-dollar donors, has circulated NDAs and brought in outside help, retains Bernie Sanders’s endorsement, and a recent UNH poll showed Platner leading Gov. Janet Mills in the Democratic primary.