From a piece in WaPo
Platner’s campaign team held a call Wednesday afternoon in which leadership sounded resigned to the idea that the Democrat’s bid could be ending soon, said a Democrat close to Platner. The campaign staff was told that Platner would speak about the future of his run Wednesday night.
He could drop out of the race as early as Wednesday, probably by prerecorded video, said a second person close to Platner’s team who, like others in this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid alienating fellow Democrats in what has become an increasingly tense situation.
One of Platner’s key advisers, Morris Katz, flew up to Maine from New York on Tuesday to discuss his withdrawal, said the person. But Platner, whose political support has evaporated since he was accused of sexual assault on Monday, has struggled with the decision, people close to him said, and has said he would like input on the replacement process, leaving the timing of any announcement unclear.
“It is him who is wanting to hold on,” the first Democrat said. “He is having to come to terms that his dream is dead. The show is over, this is done.”
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