According to the standards Democrats set in 2018, Graham Platner must drop out of the 2026 Senate race in Maine. The fact that Democrats haven’t mobilized to force him out of the race already proves that their “believe all women” canard was always a political sham.
The New York Times has covered a set of allegations made against Platner by ex-girlfriends about his conduct, including physically putting hands on them and intimidating them. Platner denies those allegations, which does not mean much given his shaky track record with the truth, while the main woman interviewed for the story, Lyndsey Fifield, is now claiming that the outlet whitewashed the story and left out details that would have made Platner look worse.
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(The outlet did include the accusation that Platner fantasized about non-sexually raping hypothetical male home intruders and talked about how rape is a form of power. Platner’s team did not deny that particular tale.)
What is most notable here is that Fifield’s accusations are corroborated through text message screenshots, diary entries, and past conversations with friends. That means, even with Platner’s denials (and admissions that he was going through a “very dark period”), there is more corroboration for these accusations than there was for the sexual assault accusations against 2018 Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
If you recall, Democrats branded Kavanaugh a rapist or abuser, or at least a sketchy man who should have withdrawn his nomination, based on accusations from a woman who could never even provide a scintilla of proof that she had ever even met him. That woman, Christine Blasey Ford, named several people who could corroborate that she and Kavanaugh were at the party where she alleged the rape had taken place, but none of them, including her friend, could recall such a party ever taking place.
DEMOCRATS SELL THEIR SOULS TO DEFEAT SUSAN COLLINS, OF ALL PEOPLE
The same Democrats who demanded Kavanaugh withdraw and that we “believe all women” are now either outright backing Platner or offering mealy-mouthed statements about how concerned they are. That includes dyed-in-the-wool progressives such as Rep. Ro Khanna (CA) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI).
What Democrats are showing now by continuing to stand by Platner is that their concern for women abused by men is nothing more than another tool in their political toolbelt. Made-up accusations against a conservative man (Kavanaugh) are treated as gospel and grounds for disqualification from public life, while far more corroborated accusations against one of their own are nothing more than a political obstacle to overcome. It was all a political sham in 2018, and it is still a political sham now.
