President Donald Trump has a habit of referring to Democrats as “radical-left lunatics.” The unfair pejorative aside, it turns out the typical Democratic voter isn’t even left wing. Let that sink in.

In an interview with Death, Sex & Money, Platner opened up about his life story—and what he says were threats ahead of jumping into Maine’s Senate race.

It’s how things worked when you went to the Cosa Nostra to ask for protection for you and your family in exchange for some portion of your own resources.