Do you honestly just absorb everything you read on the internet with no regard to who said it or where it came from? Do I really need to explain to you why it matters who is saying it and why?

Expecting better evidence when the motives are highly suspect is hardly some imposition. This accusation is coming at an extremely politically convenient time from a source that is extremely pro-Israel (Politico). Their parent company has already profited directly from the genocide in Gaza and Platner has taken a strong stance against it. So yes I will be skeptical to say the least.

Considering this whole story came from a source who is literally making a profit off of the settler colonialism in Israel, I wouldn’t put anything past them

I think Platner has 48 hours to research to find if AIPAC or outside groups (not including Cheyenne Hunt & Reckoning Action, Racicot reached out to them supposedly) have unduly influenced the details or timing of this

Politico, the website that published the story originally, is owned by unapologetic pro-Israel billionaires

This is just funny and I would recommend the same to you. Time to do a little research into Politico

Maybe not, maybe he did something stupid, but at this point the fact that AIPAC is dredging whatever they can up against him is more of an endorsement than a condemnation. If people who are actively cheering on the atrocities being committed in Gaza are telling me to be wary of Graham, that’s not the nail in the coffin they think it is.

I’ve just been on the internet too long to automatically believe everything I read, especially when it comes from a very motivated source

There’s a lot riding on discrediting Graham. He is the most promising progressive candidate in the northeast right now and is aggressively anti-billionaire and anti-establishment. He has over ten thousand volunteers and has the oligarchy scared. Yes I am dubious of this extremely conveniently timed account that has extremely scant hard evidence, being reported from a website who has only painted Graham in extremely critical ways.

The owners of Politico are openly libertarian zionists. Consider the source.

Interesting that that’s what you say when someone is asking questions

Am I saying anything about her personally?

This is serious and has serious implications, however ignoring the timing and choices made here is beyond naive. Politico in particular has had it out for Graham since October 2025

Saying “believe women” is not a magic mind control spell

Read the article carefully

There’s a story from the accuser, and a mention of recent emails between her and her therapist that have no specifics. All corroborating people associated are choosing to be anonymous (so might be made up entirely for all we know.) All direct evidence mentioning specifics has been “deleted”

The most compelling evidence presented in the Politico is this chat conversation with another anonymous person with no time stamps

https://static.politico.com/ed/f5/4412f6b44946866944ef85fd8a96/platner-screenshot-1.JPG

https://static.politico.com/61/c2/67b004f844f291369865043ed027/platner-screenshot-4.JPG

So let’s assume the chat is real, and happened when claimed, which is giving a lot of grace at this point. It says he is “consensually careless” when drunk. Is that how you would describe your rapist? Interestingly, if there was a response to the direct question of "does he force himself on people " it’s cut off from the chat. Weird.

Everyone saying it’s more credible than the last accusation, when the bar was on the floor for the last one. A woman is coming forward at the absolute most politically expedient time for the billionaires (not when he started his campaign, not when he started getting national attention) who voluntarily deleted all evidence of the incident herself but obliquely mentioned some vaguely troublesome things to some people who will all remain anonymous.

Ah yes truly we must all be fools for taking this with a grain of salt.

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Interesting that the website you linked uses heavily biased language, cites a source that’s literally a guy who knew a guy who knew Platner, and consistently attacks the most prominent left-ish figures in American politics like Mamdani, Sanders and Cortes. Looks to me like a phony left website set up to trap leftists into thinking it’s on their side. Hmmm what does Common Dreams have to say?

https://www.commondreams.org/tag/graham-platner

Interesting.

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His website has some good policy positions.

He wants election finance reform, believes in environmental protections, medicare for all, protecting small businesses and is anti-billionaire. Seems like the right kind of anti-establishment populist and it’s refreshing to see someone so unapologetically progressive.