This means he can be replaced with another Democrat
Graham Platner can be replaced as the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine if he withdraws from the race by next Monday, and state law would then give the state Democratic Party until July 27 to name a replacement.
Bruv, misogyny is a bad look, man.
So is being overly credulous when a staunch critic of Israel gets relentlessly smeared this close to an election, especially when he’s a democratic socialist.
But sure, I’m sure the real issue here is misogyny… 🙄
Yeah, Israel knew so far in advance that he was going to run that they had this woman raped and talk to her friends and therapist in person and via text JUST IN CASE Platner got far enough in an election cycle to worry them years down the road.
Certainly more believable than a man with a drinking problem and violent tendencies forcing himself on a woman he had a casual relationship with /s
Folk also are too dumb to realize:
IF this was some evil campaign to make the Democrats lose… they would have just waited a week until platner couldn’t be replaced. Why run against anyone but the violent nazi mercenary who rapes people and who knows what else at this point?
Because the AIPAC-supported establishment Dems felt every bit as threatened by Platner as they would by Susan Collins, and would relish the opportunity to replace him while there’s still time…
And THEY chose to wait until the last minute to all but guarantee a loss? Rather than do this any time in the past since there had been plenty of facebook groups and the like that talked about platner being really dangerous and to never date him?
It’s not for lack of trying, as you so astutely pointed out.
Got it. p-hustle was just so strong and mighty that they couldn’t even have thought of “he raped me” as an option until the 11th hour. Yup.
On an unrelated note: Anyone starting to feel like “AIPAC” is being used in the same way as “Soros”? Which is extra fucking shitty since that works into what makes AIPAC so strong to begin with.
Not so much that “he was just so strong” but that earlier attempts were just so transparent. This isn’t the first time they resorted to rape allegations. His first accuser was a republican with “political operative” listed as her occupation on online profiles…
Fuck no, AIPAC has a money trail, and if you think that’s just a baseless conspiracy theory like the Soros nonsense then you need to do a little bit of reading. AIPAC’s outsized influence in US politics is no secret, it’s egregious, and criticism of it should not be dismissed as “anti-semitism.” Stop pulling weight for them.
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And I’m not surprised you’d rather believe conspiracy theories than women.
“Conspiracy theories”?
A democratic socialist that establishment dems and magats alike hate and fear, who’s vocally critical of israel and has been relentlessly smeared since his campaign was launched, yet managed to remain popular because he was offering people what they really want (common sense, pro-worker, socialist policy). His pro-war, AIPAC-sponsored opponent drops out weeks before the primary because the writing is on the wall, it looks hopeful that Dems might reclaim a senate majority, and get a DSA member on the Senate besides, and then suddenly someone remembers this thing that *totally happened* to her 5 years ago, and it gets published in Politico, which is a well-known right wing zionist rag.
Oh but all of the “evidence” amounts to “trust me bro,” “yeah there were totally texts, I just happened to delete them,” and “look I talked to my therapist about it a couple weeks ago, see these emails?”
You say “women” as if they’re a monolith who never lie. That’s kinda anti-feminist, don’t you think? This isn’t “women.” It’s “a woman,” and you’d think a feminist would understand the difference. I guess Susan Collins could never lie either, right? Would you rather have her in the Senate than a progressive man? Is it misogynist to say “No more Susan Collins please.”?
I have no problem believing women with credible accusations, but that doesn’t change the fact that this is an obvious political hit piece. And the mentality that we should “believe women” absolutely 100% of the time in every case just makes it easier for the right-wing and centrist dems to do character assassination any time a candidate who’s too progressive starts getting popular. If you can’t see the unintended consequences of that then you lack foresight.
By the way, Emmett Till’s murderers believed a woman unconditionally. We see how that went…
If the left is really gonna compare Graham Platner to Emmett Fucking Till, then maybe we actually deserve to lose
Who are you gonna defend next, Brock Allen Turner?
I’m not comparing them as people, or even as the severity of their situations.
They’ve both been accused of rape without sufficient evidence. Emmett Till ended up being found innocent, after he was murdered by an angry mob. If that’s not a plain as day reason why the whole “always believe women no matter what” thing is dangerous, and you can’t see how that applies to this situation, then I’m not going to bother trying to reason with you.
Who’s Brock Allen Turner?
Edit: By the way, if you really think the left deserves to lose, then go ahead and vote for Susan Collins. And when you get a government full of literal fascists who enthusiastically support genocide and ethnic cleansings, while defending billionaires and proven sexual predators, then remember to console yourself with the fact that at least you “believed women” when it counted and refused to question whether or not an accusation was even credible.
I’m genuinely not sure if you’re a leftist who’s just braindead, or a rightoid trying to make us look bad, but please stop either way
I’m not going to read this slop.
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You insist I’m trans despite all evidence, you have no idea what you’re talking about. It’s very easy to dismiss your incorrect assertions.
They’re a fed. Or a useful idiot. We lost this week. With the margin being what is is we may have lost overall.
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Poster is absolutely being misogynist by asserting that both of these women are lying in order to get paid and get book deals.
Democrats will stop rapists until someone on their team does it. Then all women are liars and cheaters. No sexism here at all!
There’s a difference between disagreeing with “No women ever lie” and saying “All women always lie.” You’re literally trying to deal in absolutes and attempting to smear anyone who won’t fall into one of those two extremes.
The Platner supporters are getting really desperate here, too. I’m completely disgusted by some of the reactions on the left to this.
Just goes to show that 2026 Democrats are 2016 Republicans. Rape doesn’t matter now. Who cares what some women say, we have a white man to elect!
The reductiveness of this comment is what’s disgusting. This isn’t about “rape doesn’t matter” or “we have to elect a white man,” this is about having a healthy dose of skepticism when uncorroborated claims suddenly pop up that could derail an attempt to change the balance of the senate.
The fact that so many people insist on viewing this as otherwise tells me there’s very little hope for stopping fascism.
Thanks for chiming in on this thread. I really appreciate it :)