‘No Kings’: Without Statewide Vote, Democrats Anoint Troy Jackson to Replace Graham Platner, Open Convention with Performative ‘Land Acknowledgment’

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Democrat Graham Platner was forced out of the Maine Senate race after he won over 70% of the vote in the state’s Democratic primary amid new allegations of rape.

For Democrats, not only was his Nazi tattoo not a dealbreaker, but neither were his questionable Reddit posts or concerns about his treatment of women.

In fact, Platner had the support of Democrat leadership, including Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who even appeared with him at multiple rallies and stood by him through earlier controversies, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who also campaigned with him, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), and Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), who is facing controversies of his own.

Now, a new candidate has been selected without a statewide vote by the ‘No Kings’ party.

Prior to Saturday’s special nominating convention, two-thirds of the delegates committed to supporting Troy Jackson.

Jackson is backed by radical socialist Senator Bernie Sanders and made an appearance on the “Fighting the Oligarchy” tour earlier this year.

Jackson, who will face incumbent Republican Susan Collins, supports abolishing ICE, Medicare for All, and expanding the Supreme Court.

Following Platner’s withdrawal, the Maine Democratic Party’s state committee held an emergency meeting and voted to use a special nominating convention (a process not previously used for this purpose), allowing Jackson’s anointing without a single Mainer voting for him.

There was a two-part selection process. First, county Democratic committees across the state held special meetings open to registered Democrats.

They elected 500 delegates (allocated proportionally by county population/registration) plus 101 state committee members, for a total of 601 voting delegates.

There was, of course, a diversity requirement, and a percentage had to be allocated to underrepresented groups.

The 601 delegates gathered in Bangor on Saturday, July 25, 2026, to select Jackson.

At the Maine Democratic convention as delegates *not voters choose the party’s new nominee to take on Sen. Susan Collins@foxandfriends pic.twitter.com/SjC6PNlXPe

— Alexis McAdams (@AlexisMcAdamsTV) July 25, 2026

And what Democrat event would be complete without a performative woke struggle session.

Charlie Dingman, the Maine Democratic Party Chair, opened with a land acknowledgment.

“I want to pause, first, to recognize that we are meeting today in the unceded homeland of the Penobscot Nation.”

“The Maine Democratic Party acknowledges the Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribal nations have long been stewards of the places most of us live and work, and that they are entitled to recognition as distinct sovereign entities.”

Watch:

MAINE DEMOCRATS OPEN LEADERSHIP EVENT WITH LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: The Maine Democratic Party began its event to select Graham Platner’s replacement by recognizing the gathering as taking place on the unceded homeland of the Penobscot Nation and acknowledging the Maliseet, Mi’kmaq,… pic.twitter.com/A6vjMVDlK4

— NewYork-Insight (@NewYork_Insight) July 25, 2026