Maine Dem Senate hopeful Graham Platner vows to subpoena Trump officials 'day after day' to prevent admin from functioning

In an interview on Thursday, Maine US Senate candidate Graham Platner said that if Democrats regain power in Congress, they need to use their powers to stop the Trump administration from functioning through the use of constant subpoenas to haul administration officials before committees "day after day after day."

Speaking with former Biden administration press secretary Jen Psaki, Platner said, "something we’re gonna have to do if we’re the majority, we need to use the power we get to shut this White House down. We do that, I think one of the best ways, is through committee hearings and investigations."

"I want the Trump administration not to function because everyone in the White House is being hauled under subpoena in front of a Senate committee, day after day after day. Not just because, one, we have so many crimes to investigate at this point, we can probably be doing this for the next 30 years, but two, because it’s a lever of power, using subpoena power, bringing people in for investigations, that keeps them busy."

With Governor Janet Mills dropping out of the Senate race in the state, the race is widely expected to end up being between Platner and incumbent GOP Senator Susan Collins. In the Democrat primary, Platner had brought in 61 percent support to Mills’ 28 percent, according to averages by 270 to Win of the latest three polls in the race. The other two candidates brought in under 5 percent support. All other candidates in the Republican primary withdrew, so Collins is now running unopposed.

An April survey from Echelon Insights found that if the race ends up being between Platner and Collins, 51 percent said they would likely vote for Platner, while 45 percent said they would vote for Collins. Four percent were unsure.

Amid his campaign, Platner has come under fire in the race for past comments made on social media, in which as well as having a tattoo that closely resembles a Nazi symbol, which he later covered up after backlash.