Maine (WMTW) - A former state lawmaker who worked for Graham Platner’s U.S. Senate campaign has resigned.

Genevieve McDonald, the campaign’s former political director , says she cannot overlook the volume and nature of his past comments that Platner made as an adult, not a young man.

The resignation comes as the Washington Post reported more of Platner’s past comments about sexual assault.

“How about people just take some responsibility for themselves and not get so (expletive) up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to,” Platner said in one of his comments.

“In today’s current climate, when every whisper of a misplaced hand brings down a feature-length film, anyone who actually thinks the military is purposefully covering up rape to save the career of some (expletive

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