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Democrats Follow Their Leader, Refusing Moral Clarity on Platner

Virginia Grace McKinnon

Hours after Graham Platner, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, was accused of sexual assault, his party abandoned him. While Democrats claim to be taking the moral high ground, their timeline says otherwise.

Monday afternoon, Politico reported another Platner scandal the political world had sensed was coming after he canceled his campaign events for the day. In an exclusive interview, his 41-year-old ex-girlfriend of five years, Jenny Racicot, detailed the night she says he raped her in 2021.

Platner denied the allegations, calling them “troubling, serious, and false,” and the detailed behavior “categorically untrue.”

Democrats have supported Platner extensively through countless allegations of violent and inappropriate behavior. Women described him as volatile and physically intimidating, as reported last month by The New York Times. A list of allegations against him includes domestic abuse, kidnapping, adultery, and lying about his Nazi tattoo. He received funding and support through them all.

The Politico story dropped at roughly 3 p.m. Monday afternoon. By 7 p.m., Democratic leadership withdrew their funding and support, setting the stage for Senate candidates in battleground states to fall in line.

At 7:01 p.m., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., released a joint statement: “The allegations reported today are incredibly disturbing—violence, abuse, and sexual assault are absolutely........

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