{"id":2511,"date":"2026-06-21T22:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T22:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511"},"modified":"2026-06-21T22:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T22:06:04","slug":"khanna-says-voters-need-to-extend-grace-to-platner-amid-controversies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511","title":{"rendered":"Khanna says voters need to extend \u2018grace\u2019 to Platner amid controversies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. Ro Khanna urged Maine voters to extend \u201cgrace\u201d to Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Maine whose controversies have made some Democrats skittish about their chances to flip the seat held by Republican Sen. Susan Collins.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2510\">DOJ to investigate MLB after players warned for putting Bible verses on Pride Night hats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had an ugly period in his life and he believes that he is transformed and he has had redemption and the voters of Maine had a choice and they voted him by 72%,\u201d Mr. Khanna said on Fox News Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s for the voters to decide whether they believe his transformation is sincere. I believe they will make that determination but I do believe that people have to extend grace to folks who own up to past mistakes and say they\u2019ve transformed and that they\u2019re better,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Platner, a Marine Corps veteran and first-time candidate, has withstood a series of scandals including sexting women while married, inflammatory Reddit posts, a tattoo linked to Nazi imagery and mistreatment of former romantic partners.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Khanna said he believes the women who\u2019ve alleged abuse by Mr. Planter, but also that people must be sympathetic to the experiences of the Democratic nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2509\">German-French parliamentarians call for crackdown on Russia\u2019s \u2018shadow fleet\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do believe those women and I have said that his past conduct was shameful and I totally condemned it. He did two, three tours of duty in Iraq. He came back with PTSD,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not an excuse, but he said he had a problem with alcohol, he had an ugly period in his life,\u201d Mr. Khanna concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Recent polling by University of Massachusetts at Lowell and YouGov showed that Mr. Platner has a slight lead over Ms. Collins in the general election. The poll found that 48% of respondents support Mr. Platner with 43% supporting Ms. Collins with 6% undecided and 2% supporting another candidate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2507\">Swedish cowboys and TSA ranch kits: World Cup tourists keep falling in love with U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ro Khanna urged Maine voters to extend &#8220;grace&#8221; to Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Maine whose controversies have made some Democrats skittish about their chances to flip the seat held by Republican Sen. Susan Collins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Khanna says voters need to extend \u2018grace\u2019 to Platner amid controversies - Home Buyer Relocation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Khanna says voters need to extend \u2018grace\u2019 to Platner amid controversies - Home Buyer Relocation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rep. Ro Khanna urged Maine voters to extend &quot;grace&quot; to Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Maine whose controversies have made some Democrats skittish about their chances to flip the seat held by Republican Sen. Susan Collins.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home Buyer Relocation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-21T22:06:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2511#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2511\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a\"},\"headline\":\"Khanna says voters need to extend \u2018grace\u2019 to Platner amid controversies\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-21T22:06:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2511\"},\"wordCount\":360,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2511#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c36c4db89388ff889d15653445cf1014.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2511#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2511\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2511\",\"name\":\"Khanna says voters need to extend \u2018grace\u2019 to Platner amid controversies - Home Buyer Relocation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2511#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2511#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c36c4db89388ff889d15653445cf1014.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-21T22:06:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2511#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2511\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2511#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c36c4db89388ff889d15653445cf1014.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c36c4db89388ff889d15653445cf1014.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":700},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=2511#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Khanna says voters need to extend \u2018grace\u2019 to Platner amid controversies\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Home Buyer Relocation\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Khanna says voters need to extend \u2018grace\u2019 to Platner amid controversies - Home Buyer Relocation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Khanna says voters need to extend \u2018grace\u2019 to Platner amid controversies - Home Buyer Relocation","og_description":"Rep. Ro Khanna urged Maine voters to extend \"grace\" to Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Maine whose controversies have made some Democrats skittish about their chances to flip the seat held by Republican Sen. Susan Collins.","og_url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511","og_site_name":"Home Buyer Relocation","article_published_time":"2026-06-21T22:06:04+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a"},"headline":"Khanna says voters need to extend \u2018grace\u2019 to Platner amid controversies","datePublished":"2026-06-21T22:06:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511"},"wordCount":360,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c36c4db89388ff889d15653445cf1014.jpg","articleSection":["News","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511","url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511","name":"Khanna says voters need to extend \u2018grace\u2019 to Platner amid controversies - Home Buyer Relocation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c36c4db89388ff889d15653445cf1014.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-21T22:06:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c36c4db89388ff889d15653445cf1014.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c36c4db89388ff889d15653445cf1014.jpg","width":1200,"height":700},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2511#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Khanna says voters need to extend \u2018grace\u2019 to Platner amid controversies"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/","name":"Home Buyer Relocation","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com"],"url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}