Graham Platner’s downfall(垮台，衰落) is somehow both unsurprising and startling. For months Maine’s Democratic nominee for Senate had weathered(经受住，渡过) a stream of(一连串，源源不断) controversies: from a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol to years of inflammatory Reddit posts so prolific(多产的，大量的) that a Maine newspaper created a searchable database of them. In spite of it all he managed to cling on(紧紧抓住，坚持).
格雷厄姆·普拉特纳的垮台既在意料之中又令人震惊。几个月来，缅因州民主党参议员候选人接连遭遇争议：一个形似纳粹标志的纹身，多年来数量惊人的煽动性Reddit帖子——多到缅因州一家报纸为之建立了可搜索数据库。尽管如此，他还是设法撑了下来。
Then, on July 6th, Politico reported that Jenny Racicot, a former girlfriend of Mr Platner’s, was accusing him of raping her in 2021. She alleges(指控，断言) that he entered her home without permission and sexually assaulted(攻击，侵犯) her. Mr Platner denies(否认) this.
随后，7月6日，《政治报》报道称，普拉特纳的前女友珍妮·拉西科特指控他2021年强奸了她。她声称他未经允许进入她的住所并实施了性侵犯。普拉特纳予以否认。
But on the evening of July 8th, he announced that he was suspending(暂停，中止) his campaign. His selfie video is 11 minutes long and indignant(愤慨的，义愤的): in it he accuses the “corporate media system and the political establishment” of serving as his “judge, jury and executioner(法官、陪审团和刽子手)”.
但在7月8日晚，他宣布暂停竞选。他的自拍视频长达11分钟，充满愤怒：他在视频中指责“企业媒体系统和政治建制派”充当了他的“法官、陪审团和刽子手”。