Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) denied claims he was supporting Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in Maine’s Senate race after backlash to his opposition to Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner’s bid. Auchincloss, who is Jewish, said Monday during an interview with CNN that he found Platner’s controversial tattoo, which resembled a Nazi symbol before he had it covered, and his commentary about it to be “personally disqualifying.” His comment sparked outcry from some Democrats, who felt his opposition to Platner, the presumed Democratic nominee after Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) dropped out of the race, meant he was supporting Collins’s reelection bid. In a Tuesday...
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