For months, many Democrats, “progressives,” leftists, and media figures stood by, or ran interference for, Graham Platner. They didn’t waver, even in the face of his Nazi tattoo, his verifiable lies about said Nazi tattoo, the contents of his appalling online footprint, his bogus “blue-collar” credentials, the sexting revelations, and even a New York Times story alleging abusive and predatory behavior toward multiple women.

Indeed, loud whispers hinted that the worst was yet to come — a fairly open secret that reportedly led a number of Democratic senators to pepper their party’s would-be nominee from Maine with awkward questions about additional accusations and sexual assault during a pre-primary emergency meeting in Washington, D.C.