{"id":11550,"date":"2026-04-17T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/11550\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:30:00","slug":"have-the-democrats-found-a-new-strategy-to-scare-trump-bbc-americast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/11550\/","title":{"rendered":"Have the Democrats found a new strategy to scare Trump? | BBC Americast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Have the Democrats found a new strategy to scare Trump? | BBC Americast\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Awr7yYw2fg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nHave the Democrats found a new strategy to scare Trump? | BBC Americast<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhy is an oyster fisherman with a controversial past splitting the Democrats?<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>Why has an oyster fisherman from Maine &#8211; criticised for having a Nazi tattoo &#8211; become a frontrunner for the Democrats, and one of their best hopes to help take back the US Senate in this year\u2019s midterm elections?<\/p>\n<p>The north eastern state of Maine has become integral for Democrats as they look to unseat Republican senator Susan Collins, and elect their first Democrat senator in decades.<\/p>\n<p>But it also tells a bigger story, about how the Democratic party is looking to take on Donald Trump more widely, beyond this November\u2019s midterms and into the 2028 presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>Justin and Anthony unpack what Maine tells us about Democrat strategy and why Graham Platner, currently polling first, is not a typical Democrat candidate. And does it tell us something significant about what voters want in 2026?<\/p>\n<p>Plus, we speak to Josh Keefe, a reporter for the nonprofit Maine Monitor, who went to school with Graham Platner. He discusses his memories of Platner, and what Mainers think about his tattoo and Reddit scandals.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n00.32 Why the Midterm elections matter now<br \/>\n02:55 What is the politics of Maine?<br \/>\n04:29 The Democrats big choice<br \/>\n07:57 Trump\u2019s clash with Janet Mills<br \/>\n10:01 Why is Janet Mills struggling to gain support?<br \/>\n11:44 Who is Graham Platner?<br \/>\n14:26 Graham Platner responds to criticism<br \/>\n18:03 Janet Mills\u2019 attack adverts<br \/>\n20:21 Interview: What was Graham Platner like at school?<br \/>\n22:54 Graham Platner: another populist candidate?<br \/>\n25:21 How important is age in this contest?<br \/>\n27:00 What are Graham Platner\u2019s policies?<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have the Democrats found a new strategy to scare Trump? | BBC Americast Why is an oyster fisherman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15679,176,15680,15692,234,15678,11555,11556,15691,236,9116,15685,14,15682,15683,15689,15681,15687,15690,15688,15686,15693,31,15684,578,235],"class_list":{"0":"post-11550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bbc-news","8":"tag-americast","9":"tag-bbc","10":"tag-bbc-americast","11":"tag-bbc-live","12":"tag-bbc-news","13":"tag-bbc-podcast","14":"tag-bbc-politics","15":"tag-bbc-politics-podcast","16":"tag-bbc-world-service","17":"tag-breaking-news","18":"tag-democrats","19":"tag-democrats-vs-republicans","20":"tag-donald-trump","21":"tag-graham-platner","22":"tag-janet-mills","23":"tag-josh-keefe","24":"tag-justin-webb","25":"tag-maine","26":"tag-maine-monitor","27":"tag-maine-politics","28":"tag-maine-primary","29":"tag-midterm-elections","30":"tag-news","31":"tag-susan-collins","32":"tag-us-politics","33":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/116422025116216795","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}