Do Democrats not ‘believe all women’ anymore?

Published June 8, 2026 9:27am ET | Updated June 8, 2026 9:27am ET



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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