BOMBSHELL: New Graham Platner sexual assault allegation reported by Politico

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing calls to drop out of the race after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her. The woman detailed her allegations to Politico in a series of three interviews over the past two weeks. In response to this new reporting, Platner posted a video statement on social media calling the accusations against him, quote: "troubling, serious and false." POLITICO's Jessica Piper, one of the reporters who broke the story, joins Way Too Early to discuss how the revelation evolved and the fallout from it.

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