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普拉特纳得到进步派参议员桑德斯和沃伦的支持，正推动“全民医保”和移民入籍路径
作者：保罗·斯坦豪瑟 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年6月9日美国东部时间上午10:56
共和党参议员苏珊·科林斯表示，缅因州选民会认定民主党挑战者格雷厄姆·普拉特纳过于极端。
当被福克斯新闻数字频道问及民主党参议院挑战者格雷厄姆·普拉特纳是否过于左翼时，共和党参议员苏珊·科林斯表示：“我认为这将是缅因州选民的结论。”
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缅因州班戈—— 共和党参议员苏珊·科林斯认为，她在11月中期选举中可能面临的民主党挑战者格雷厄姆·普拉特纳，对她所在新英格兰州的选民来说过于极端。
但普拉特纳正推行经济民粹主义议程，矛头直指企业影响力，为工人阶级发声，他认为真正的“激进分子”是温和派科林斯。
在佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯、马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦和加利福尼亚州众议员罗·卡纳的支持下，普拉特纳正试图在倾向左翼的缅因州击败这位长期任职的共和党参议员。
本次选举是为数不多几届可能决定共和党能否在中期选举中保住微弱参议院多数席位的竞选之一，这位养蚝人最近几周因不断升级的争议和负面新闻被迫为自己辩护。
陷入困境的民主党人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳迎来审判日
2026年6月7日周日，缅因州波特兰市，美国参议院民主党候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳在竞选活动外向爆满的人群发表演讲。（罗伯特·F·布卡蒂/美联社照片）
尽管科林斯大多对普拉特纳的政治包袱避而不谈，但她已就其政策主张表态。
在其众多进步派政策立场中，普拉特纳在竞选网站上呼吁“通过宪法修正案禁止亿万富翁购买选举！”
他还强调自己“强烈支持全民医保体系”，并将“支持移民入籍路径，终结大规模驱逐机制”。
当被问及普拉特纳对她所在的新英格兰北部州的选民来说是否过于左翼时，科林斯在上个月接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时回应道：“我认为这将是缅因州选民的结论。但显然，我不会想当然。”
但普拉特纳反驳称，真正过于“激进”的是科林斯。
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“我的回应是，我们要努力降低缅因州工人的生活成本，确保我们的社区不会因为年轻人买不起房而空心化，建立一个不让医疗保健系统沦为只为医疗保险CEO牟利而压榨工人的体系，”普拉特纳在上个月接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示。
“我认为这根本不算激进，”他补充道，并声称：“事实上，我认为大多数缅因州人都认同我们必须这么做。”
相反，他声称“真正激进的是像苏珊·科林斯这样的人，几十年来她一直确保我们通过的政策是帮助企业和亿万富翁，损害工人阶级的利益，一次又一次地支持非法且荒唐的外国战争。”
“她曾投票支持我参战伊拉克，现在她仍继续投票支持伊朗战争，”普拉特纳指责道。“抱歉，在缅因州人民看来，这比建立一个不会在我们眼前崩溃的医疗保健体系要激进得多。”
普拉特纳对支持者说：‘缅因州，我需要你们的支持’
2026年5月5日，缅因州哈里森，缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·科林斯视察一家食品银行。得益于这位参议员协助争取到的联邦资金，该食品银行得以扩建。（保罗·斯坦豪瑟/福克斯新闻）
尽管争议缠身，普拉特纳还是吸引了大量民众，并筹集到了可观的竞选资金。
民主党将缅因州视为2026年中期选举的关键翻盘机会，以期在秋季夺回参议院多数席位。
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但击败科林斯并非易事：这位温和派参议员正竞选第六个六年参议院任期，此前曾多次投票反对唐纳德·特朗普总统的议程。六年前，民调显示这位参议员即将败选，但科林斯打破预期，以9个百分点的优势击败当时的民主党州众议院议长萨拉·吉迪恩成功连任。
保罗·斯坦豪瑟是驻摇摆州新罕布什尔州的政治记者，全程报道全美各地的竞选活动。
Sen Collins slams Bernie-backed Graham Platner as too far-left for Maine voters
2026-06-09T10:56:52-04:00 / Fox News
Platner, backed by progressive Sens Sanders and Warren, is pushing Medicare for All and a path to citizenship for migrants
By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published June 9, 2026 10:56am EDT
Republican Sen Susan Collins says Maine voters will conclude that Democratic challenger Graham Platner is too extreme
Asked by Fox News Digital if Democratic Senate challenger Graham Platner is too far to the left, GOP Sen. Susan Collins says ‘I believe that will be the conclusion of Maine voters.’
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BANGOR, Maine — Republican Sen. Susan Collins believes that Graham Platner, her likely Democratic challenger in November’s midterm elections, is too extreme for voters in her New England state.
But Platner, pushing an economically populist agenda as he takes aim at corporate influences and advocates for the working class, argues it’s moderate Collins who is the “radical” one.
With the support of Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Ro Khanna of California, Platner is aiming to unseat the longtime Republican senator in left-leaning Maine.
The race is among a handful that could determine if the GOP holds onto its slim Senate majority in the midterm elections, and the oyster farmer has been forced onto defense in recent weeks amid mounting controversies and negative headlines.
IT’S JUDGMENT DAY FOR EMBATTLED DEMOCRAT GRAHAM PLATNER
Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks to an overflow crowd outside a campaign event Sunday, June 7, 2026, in Portland, Maine.(Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)
While Collins has mostly kept quiet about Platner’s political baggage, she has weighed in on his agenda.
Among his many progressive policy stances, Platner, on his campaign website, urges “passing a constitutional amendment to ban billionaires buying elections!”
And he highlights that he’s “a strong supporter of a Medicare for All system” and that he “will support a path to citizenship and an end to the mass deportation machine.”
Asked if Platner is too far to the left for voters in her northern New England state, Collins responded in a Fox News Digital interview last month, “I believe that will be the conclusion of Maine voters. But, obviously, I don’t take anything for granted.”
But Platner challenges that it’s Collins who is too “radical.”
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“My response is that, trying to bring down costs for working Mainers. Trying to make sure that our communities don’t get emptied out because housing has become unaffordable for young people. Trying to create a system in which we are not seeing our health care system utilized as a way of just screwing working people all for the benefit of a health care insurance CEO,” Platner responded in a Fox News Digital interview last month.
“I don’t think that’s radical at all,” he added, claiming: “I think, in fact, that what most Mainers agree is what we have to be doing.”
Rather, he claimed that “what’s radical is somebody like Susan Collins, who, for decades now, has made sure that we pass policies that are going to help corporations and billionaires to the detriment of working people, supporting over and over and over again, illegal and insane foreign wars.”
“She voted to send me to Iraq, and now she continues to vote to support the war in Iran,” Platner charged. “I’m sorry that I think is much more radical to the people of Maine than having a health care system that doesn’t collapse before our eyes.”
PLATNER TO SUPPORTERS: ‘MAINE, YOU HAVE MY BACK’
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine tours a food bank in Harrison, Maine, on May 5, 2026. The food bank was able to expand thanks to federal funding that the senator helped obtain.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Despite his numerous controversies, Platner has drawn large crowds and built a healthy fundraising war chest.
Democrats see Maine as a crucial pickup opportunity in the 2026 midterms as they aim to win back the Senate majority in the fall.
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But beating Collins, a moderate who is running for a sixth six-year term in the Senate and has a history of voting against President Donald Trump’s agenda, won’t be easy. Six years ago, public opinion polls indicated the senator was headed to defeat, but Collins defied expectations and won re-election by topping then-Democratic state House Speaker Sara Gideon by nine points.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.
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