Fifield, 41, is the second woman to allege this week that Platner engaged in nonconsensual sexual conduct. Jenny Racicot, 41, who said she previously dated Platner, told The Post and other outlets on Monday that he sexually assaulted her in late 2021, leading a growing number of allies to drop their endorsements and call on him to withdraw from the race for a Maine seat in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), his most influential and prominent supporter, said he spoke with Platner on Tuesday and urged him to withdraw from his campaign to unseat Susan Collins, the incumbent Republican.
Platner, 41, a Marine Corps veteran and oyster farmer, also denied Racicot’s allegation but said on Monday that he was “mindful of the political reality” that the reporting will “inflict” on his campaign and was “taking the time to reflect on the best path forward.”
Fifield initially told The Post about the alleged condom removal during a June 20 interview that was off the record. She said she decided to speak publicly about it Tuesday in part because, she said, she wanted to show that Racicot was not alone in experiencing issues with Platner involving sexual consent.
not to victim blame, but maybe don’t have sex with nazi mercenaries?
Not to call you out, but prepending victim blaming with “not to victim blame” doesn’t make it not victim blaming.
See how it’s still calling you out?
“No offense but, [extremely offensive thing]”
If you sleep with a nazi mercenary, you already went past so many red flags.
Well, at least now we’ve established that victim blaming was your intention all along. You seem like a [EDIT: Rule 2] real charmer. conversation over.
In America, Killing people that look like me for money is a respectable job, as long as no white woman is hurt.
racist ass country.
Absolutely true - but that doesn’t make it ok to victim blame.
Victim blaming distracts from the person whose fault it really is - the perpetrator - and instead creates a new discourse that isn’t actually helping anyone.
I don’t blame her for him lying about the condom the fist few times. I blame her for sleeping with a Nazi mercenary. Even without the rape, I would blame her for doing that.
For Fucks sake are we really rallying to protect someone who is OK with dating a nazi mercenary?
Is that where we draw the fucking line?
I am happy that he is loosing, but I am so fucking pissed that the liberal kept making excuses for a nazi mercenary and suddenly they are all Pikachu face when he turns out to be a bad person.
No fucking liberal gets to act surprised, not even his girlfriend.
The fuck did they expect?
Well if that’s what you think then maybe stick to that messaging instead of victim blaming. It muddies your message and makes enemies of your allies (as evidenced in this very thread).
All you had to say was “Glad the liberals are finally seeing the truth about this guy” or something like that. Cut the friendly fire - womens issues are everybody’s issues, even if many women can’t see that we’re all on the same team.
that’s the problem “Glad the liberals are finally seeing the truth about this guy” isnt true.
He was known as a blackwater mercenary, that should have been the end of his career, then the nazi tattoo came out and that should have been the end of his career, glad it ends with rape. but he was a monster from the beginning, and everyone who denounced him now knew he was a nazi merc but didn’t care.
And I don’t see anyone who made excuses for a nazi as an ally.
I’m emotional because that rape happened to me and absolutely no one cared. Have PTSD and cant get treatment because legally I’m not human here. I’m emotional because he made a career killing people like me and no one cared. But hurting a white woman is when society draws the line.
Reading the news and these messages, all I read is that nazi tears matter a lot more than my life.
the messaging is that there are much more racists here that I ever thought possible, and I’m running out of mental strength to exist in a society that considers me worthless.
Yeah literally nobody here is saying that.
Coming from one of the few people on this site who was skeptical of Platner, mainly due to the Nazi tattoo that he definitely knew about, you should go ahead and fuck yourself.
He had a real chance to win maine, you cannot say that his career wasn’t considered respectable by at least Maine.
Not to comment shame, but have you considered a monthly subscription to fucking yourself?
Blue MAGA rallied behind a nazi merc, and now they are rallying around a nazi lover.
What next, an antisuicide campaign with Eva Braun?
Miss when nazi lovers were shaved and shamed. and nazis were punched rather than voted.
You’re continuing to condone rape. You can draw whatever arbitrary lines you want around it, but that’s what you’re doing. You’re a cunt.
I never condoned rape. just that it is bullshit that liberal rallied around a nazi merc paid to kill brown people but draw the line at a nazi lover tears.
You’ve made like 10 different statements effectively saying she deserved it
no one deserves to be raped, but when you are dating a literal merc with nazi tattoos you cant expect a happy ending.
and yall care more for a nazi woman’s tears than the countless brown people he killed for money. You are all racist as fuck.
Jesus Christ you’re an idiot.
He steps up the plates.
He’s winding up for a big one!
Oh, swing and a miss on a victimblame.
Strike two on another victimblame! Maybe he can turn it around!
Hot damn, a projection outta nowhere! Three strikes in rapid succession, the coach is definitely gonna bench him with that performance!
It is so heart breaking seeing so many people defend nazis and their partners.
Nazi lives don’t matter.
This is just straight bullshit.
Just more proof that “Blue MAGA” isn’t actually a real thing.
People usually use it to refer to establishment Democrats who get behind center right nominees. Like the opposite of what happened with Platner.
I’m mostly pissed that so many people are still making excuses for a nazi.
So you’re attacking people who are supportive of getting this nazi out of the race?
Misplaced anger.
they aren’t in favour of removing a nazi. they still making excuses. they are in favour if removing a rapist.
which is also a good reason to remove him, but they openly don’t give a fuck that he was a nazi.
You’re arguing with people who are telling you we gave a fuck about him being a Nazi and you’re still on the attack.
most people are gaslighting me that “people can change” not even that “he changed” but the theoretical possibility that he might have. they are still making excuses for the nazi.
and they are now changing their minds because he hurt a white woman. when they clearly didn’t give a fuck that he made a carrer killing brown people for money.
Absolutely no one is his “ex” supporters gets a pass. they were all supporting a nazi.
Literally the stupidest fuckin thing anyone could say about this.
I refuse to shed a tear for someone who dated a nazi mercenary, she was OK when he was a nazi paid to kill brown people, she doesn’t get to act innocent.
she’s still a victim and hopefully gets justice. the same way the people he killed for money deserve justice. But in America, browns lives don’t matter. a white tear is worth more than a brown life.
You should read a book about logic, because it’s clearly not your strong suit.
You’re a piece of shit victim blamer. About literal fucking rape.
Stop acting like you have a valid position, you can’t even construct a position that even appears logically sound or cogent.
“Hurr durr, America is a racist country, therefore it’s her fault she was raped.”
That’s literally your “argument.”
nazi lives don’t matter.
Yeah it’s her fault he kept taking the condom off after promising to use one.
you don’t get brighter red flag than nazi tattoos.
I wouldn’t have even known it was a nazi tattoo, and neither did Platner when he got it while deployed as a 20-year-old dumb marine. Enough with this AIPAC-peddled bullshit.
Yeah that’s bullshit. He lied to you.
He’s a fucking rapist, and yet you still can’t conceive (or maybe just admit to yourself) that he lied to you.
Lie requires proof of intent; you literally cannot prove this. Kindly stop speculating. Skull tattoo isn’t proof of nazi; never will be.
Rapist, per allegations, possibly. Probably.
I fully buy his argument on the tattoo, though. Nazis don’t sling pro-leftist arguments, lol. You can’t even demonstrate one nazi belief he’s held consistently, let alone as of lately.
Be better.
You have no evidence that he didn’t know… just his word, the word of a rapist.
Now you’re just stacking fallacies. Circular reasoning, and Ad Ignorantiam behind unprovable counterfactual!? Yikes.
Keep giving literal Nazis the benefit of the doubt. It’s not like they abuse our willingness to do that or anything.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question
he wasn’t a stupid 20 years old, he was happy to become a mercenary, and openly reminisces about being a mercenary.
And being a stupid 20 year old and ending with a nazi is an OK excuse, but the you do tattoo removal or cover up. keeping it after being informed that it is a nazi symbol is a statement.
DNC propping up a nazi mercenary it’s unacceptable.
we need antizionist politicians, but we don’t need Nazis
Do you think his on again off again girlfriend would have known as much about Nazi tattoos as the former mercenary?
Stop victim blaming in here. I, for one, agree with you he was never a good candidate. Let’s cast blame where it belongs - on Platner.
she was OK with him being a mercenary,
at some point, if i were to run naked on a clearly marked and fenced minefield, I cannot really blame other people for my stupidity.
He sexually assaulted her.
that was before or after he was a mercenary with nazi tattoos?
that’s bad, but I have the right to be pissed that “nazi mercenary that killed people that looked like me” is a respectable profession in the US. just as long as they don’t hurt white women
Citation needed. What are you talking about, “mercenary”? A driver?
In fact, if I recall he actively regrets the actions of Iraq and Afghanistan. People can’t change?
Sad thing is he’s still better than Collins. We need people advocating for progressive values; not just anti-zionists btw. Don’t get tunnel-vision!
He signed up for several tours as a private mercenary for hire in Afghanistan.
Clearly he hasn’t changed as much as he claimed.
6 months as a driver for a US Diplomat for the State Department. Hardly a hardened killer, lol.
Oh well, I guess it’s all moot now. Susan Collins gets in, which is somehow even worse.
He worked for fucking Blackwater, dude
He’s openly spoken about the war crimes he committed when he was there and claimed to have regretted it and repented.
I am pissed that “Nazi mercenary that killed people that looked like me” is shoved under the rug and cunts online still make excuses like “People can change”
but removing a condom while having sex with someone who sleeps with nazi mercenaries is suddenly a career ender.
Don’t get me wrong, it should be a carrer ender. but the first one should be more of a “straight to jail, you have bo place in any human society”, But killing people that look like me is acceptable.
Y’all wanted to elect him to the Senate despite the Nazi tattoo, but you want to dog this woman for having an on and off again relationship with him?
She still didn’t deserve to be sexually assaulted. He was the one to remove the condoms.
I was in disbelief how the whole establishment was like “Please,. vote for this nazi mercenary”
like how low the bar can get?
Look dude, I agree with you on this. I’m one of the few people on this site who has been saying it the whole time (and taking a lot of shit for it).
However, you’re literally victim blaming this woman, and it’s disgusting and you should be ashamed of yourself.
Nazi lives don’t matter.
you know the whole if there are 9 nazis on the table and one non nazis? there are 10 Nazis on the table.
same goes for whoever dates a nazi. he has a literal Nazi tattoo, and was a merc, she knew.
Yeah buddy, I’m well aware of your argument. It’s shit, and you’re shit for doing nothing but doubling down on victim blaming a rape victim.
I blame her for dating a nazi, not for getting raped, those are two different things, if she wasn’t raped I would still blame her for dating a nazi.
How about you stop blaming his victims when they’re coming forward to inform the public about who Platner really is before getting elected.
I’m mostly frustrated that killing brown people for money is acceptable profession in the US, but they draw the line at hurting a woman who’s OK with nazi mercenaries.
In the US, brown lives don’t matter. And this shows it.
You’d rather his victims stay silent and allow him to be elected?
I’d rather Nazis mercenaries that kill people that look like me wasn’t brushed under the rug.
Not to victim blame, but [victim blames]. Come on. Two things can be true, he’s an evil Nazi mercenary and he assaulted, and likely manipulated, a woman. Do you know that he was honest with her about his history? You’re making a lot of assumptions about a woman where the only thing we know about her is that she was a victim of sexual assault. You don’t know how much she knew about him or how he manipulated her. She is an asset to your cause by doing a very brave thing and speaking up, and all you can do is blame her for not knowing this guy is bad news. You really think a guy that is willing to rape a girl is somehow above lying?
You are part of the problem. Your resentment should be directed at the establishment and the voters that are willing to accept a Nazi mercenary but not a rapist, not the rape victim. I find your comments in this threat to be genuinely disgusting. Easier to pin the blame of a system on the woman that was a victim than to recognize that she is an asset to your cause! Assigning blame to her is both counterproductive and incredibly presumptuous.
Again, you do not know her story and you do not know the lies he sold her or how he manipulated her. We know that she was a victim, and a victim of someone you take issue with. Support her, don’t go through mental gymnastics to find a way to somehow blame the victim.
Sorry, I categorically refuse to provide empathy to someone who was OK dating a nazi mercenary.
I oppose sexual violence, but I won’t waste my feelings on someone who dated a nazi mercenary who was happy killing people that looked like me.
I am also pissed at the establishment for basically the same fucking thing. they supported a literal nazi mercenary and made excuses.
You don’t get to date a nazi mercenary and then act innocent. or even surprised to learn that he was a bad person.
And I refuse to be gaslit by liberal cunts.
He has a nazi tattoos, and was a mercenary, how the fuck did he hide that?
Color me surprised that the rape victim blamer is also a misogynist.
You clearly didn’t read my comment, and how do you know she knows what that tattoo means? I would have no idea that’s a Nazi tattoo. Again, you fully ignored the fact that he raped her, he probably lied too. You just make all these assumptions that she knew exactly what his tattoo meant and she knew exactly what he did in the military and she knew he was a mercenary. How does the cognitive dissonance not bother you?
Also, I’m not a liberal, and don’t call me a cunt. I’m a leftist, and I’m going to afford a rape victim with empathy and not jump through hoops to justify my disgusting prejudice. Read my comment again, and make a response that isn’t just “lalala I’m not listening” with a healthy dose of misogyny on top.
edit: this misuse of gaslit is really the icing on the cake. you’re assuming a woman has psychic knowledge of her abuser’s past, knows what a tattoo means that means absolutely nothing to most people without specific knowledge, and then deciding that the communist woman you’re arguing with is a “liberal cunt” because she disagrees with your misogyny.
Did he lie about his job?
Unless he really lied to her about the tattoo that is clearly visible, and his job, then maybe.
but It kind of hurts that a white women tear is worth a lot more than many brown lives.
That rape shouldn’t have happened because he should have been in jail. Nazi mercenaries have no place in any society. The US failed her by allowing a nazi mercenary to walk free. The establishment democrats failed for endorsing a nazi mercenary. And she failed for thinking that nazi mercenary is just a cute quirk.
He never hid that he was a mercenary. If she thought that being paid to kill people that look like me was a cute trait, then I don’t think I owe her any empathy.
I very much agree, but that isn’t her fault.
I literally agree with you, but you’re reading so much into a relationship you know absolutely nothing about because you cannot separate your resentment of an unjust and racist system and society from the blame of one woman.
Yes, he should have been in jail. Yes, she should not have slept with him, but you have no idea how much she actually knew about him. If she had full knowledge of his history and and understanding of his job and still slept with him, yeah, that’s a poor choice, but she is still a victim.
Regardless, I highly doubt she did have full knowledge of his past and what the obscure tattoo meant. He raped her, he probably lied too, and it kind of sickens me that you find it easier to trust the word of a Nazi mercenary man over a rape victim woman. These kind of people revel in manipulating their way into women’s pants. He slipped his condom off for fuck’s sake!
This woman is a victim, and she’s an asset to your (and my) cause. Stop with the misogynist mental gymnastics and operate on what we actually know, which is that an abuser raped her and she’s facing the full consternation of both Graham’s supporters, and apparently detractors, for that choice.
You need to take a second and redirect your anger. Don’t jump through hoops and make assumptions to justify your gut reaction. You’re absolutely right, it’s 100% unjust that it took this woman’s word when his actions should have been enough, but again, that is not her fault. I am not going to make assumptions for Platner’s benefit. A man that is willing to non-consensually slip off a condom multiple times despite her saying no is absolutely willing to say whatever he needs to to get in a woman’s pants. I highly doubt that he’s going into a hookup and telling his partner “hey, I liked blowing up brown people so much I went back as a mercenary.”
I simply don’t know, and I will not assume, so I will support the victim and be happy that she came out against this person I refuse to support. It should not have taken her word, but I am still glad she did and have a great deal of empathy for a fellow SA victim that was able to come out against her abuser, even though he’s a public figure. I wasn’t able to.
The rape was laying about wearing a condom. still sexual assault, but I don’t think it is even considered a crime in the US. It should be a crime, it should be treated as rape, but it wont. It was considered a joke when it happened to me. Because violence to people that look like me is just a joke.
He had a Nazi tattoo and was a mercenary, not sure you can hide those in a relationship, so unless it was a one off one night stand, and she didn’t inquire about the tattoo then it makes no sense.
I would not make an anti suicide campaign using Eva Braun.
Even if there was no sexual assault I would still blame whoever dates him just for dating him. He never showed remorse and reminisced about being a mercenary on interviews.
No one gets to act surprised that a nazi mercenary is a bad person, not the democratic establishment, not the liberals, and not his ex. You dated a nazi mercenary, what did she expect. And it wasn’t a hook-up, they knew each other for a while from what is sounds like.
Are we so desensitized to nazis that nazi lovers are people we expected to emphasize with?
I am pissed at the establishment, but also pissed that I am expected to feel bad for a nazi lover in a country where people that look like me are treated like subhuman trash.
Why do you keep assuming it’s impossible to hide you’re a Nazi mercenary? Jobs and political beliefs are like, the easiest thing to lie about. Men lie about those constantly to get laid. Conservative talking heads even brag about it because modern women won’t sleep with conservatives. Stop making assumptions and support the rape victim.
Nazi Tattoo
No dude, you’re “supposed to” feel bad about a rape victim because you’re a human being and they’re a fucking rape victim.
It’s really that simple. Just stop.
Nazi lives don’t matter
I don’t care if it is Ilsa She-Wolf of the SS. Nobody deserves to be raped.
End of story.
Yeah, and no one knows if she was, except herself and Platner. It’s her word against his. End of story.
I will never adhere to such a stupid rule as 1. This is circular reasoning at its best. How can she be a victim if no one knows if she is, but herself? Everyone can self-proclaim themselves to be a victim. This argument has no merit whatsoever. Until there is any more substantial evidence I won’t belief anyone of course.
Agree with that. Hope she gets justice. but I won’t shed a tear for a nazi lover
That’s nice. The good news is that you can think that and just not open your fucking mouth and making everyone assume you are cheering for someone being raped.
It doesn’t have to be Friday to shut the fuck up.
No one gets to act surprised that a nazi mercenary is a bad person, not you, not the democrats, not the media, and not his girlfriend.
And it is extremely personally insulting, that the tears of a white woman is more important in the US that brown people’s lives.
When that happened to me it was treated as a fucking joke, but when it happens to a white nazi lover suddenly its bad. Trust me, I want her to get justice as much as I wanted justice for myself. but apparently, based on the colour of my skin, the US is more likely to pay someone to kill me (they already do) than to ever get any sort of justice.
Assuming this isn’t just complete bullshit, like you do realize that this makes you a terrible person right? The fact that you yourself have experienced something similar, and yet you are still heartlessly blaming a victim because she was white, is downright shameful.
You should be ashamed.
I’m criticising the painfully overt racism involved. the one still going on with people still making excuses and rallying around a nazi lover.
yes, it’s obvious that I’m worthless because of the color of my skin and I’m the bad guy for bringing it up.
I’m all against suicide, but I won’t cry about Eva Baun or Hitler offing themselves. Nazi lives don’t count. but apparently in the US, they count more than me.