Left-wing Dem hit with hometown church blowback over 30-second ad

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. The Maine Wire senior reporter Jon Fetherston joins ‘Saturday in America’ to discuss the fraud allegations in Maine over Medicaid payments for RCS services. Left-wing Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is spotlighting a local church in an ad seeking to win over voters – but the congregation says it wants nothing to do with his campaign. Sullivan Harbor Baptist Church, located in Platner’s hometown, appears in a 30-second spot the Platner campaign rolled out earlier in March. The video, titled "The Veteran Who Came Home," features military veterans endorsing Platner’s campaign and is interspersed with shots of the American flag and the white clapboard church. "We as Sullivan Harbor Baptist Church do not endorse this or any candidate," the church wrote on Facebook last week. "We wish that he would remove our photo on his post." The ad comes as Platn