Graham Platner drops out; left still victim-blaming 

Graham Platner has finally suspended his campaign for the Maine Senate race, something virtually all Democrats are calling on him to do, including most progressive and far-left Democratic leaders: Bernie Sanders, Ro Khanna, AOC, and so on. The credible allegations of sexual assault leveled against him by his former girlfriend, Jenny Racicot, are a dealbreaker, and rightfully so.  

But there are some on the left who seem to be desperately trying to come up with some reason to cast doubt on Racicot’s account that she did not give permission to Platner to enter her home, and certainly did not consent to sex — she says he forced himself on her.  

Here was Ana Kasparian wondering why Racicot didn’t do more to stop him. 

With all due respect to Ana, I don’t think this is a particularly convincing line. Platner’s a big guy, and it seems reasonable to me that having endured what she endured, Racicot would decide the easiest way to deal with him would be to kick him out........

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