New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly calls on Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner to withdraw from the race after an alleged rape becomes part of the campaign controversy. According to reports, Mamdani tells Platner to “drop out” following the allegation, and his comments add to a pattern of Democrats distancing themselves from Platner’s candidacy. The New York Post also notes that Mamdani shares a key progressive strategist, Morris Katz, with Platner, highlighting the personal and political connections around the controversy. Fox News frames Mamdani’s intervention as part of a broader set of moves by Democrats, describing it as joining “a growing list” of party figures and political allies stepping back from the campaign. The coverage focuses on Mamdani’s demand for withdrawal and the political fallout among Democrats, but does not uniformly detail the underlying allegations or the candidate’s response in the excerpts provided.