Calls grow for Graham Platner to drop out after sexual assault allegation

I'll admit I defended him in the past. I did see the plausible deniability in the tattoo and reddit posts, but this is just horrible.

There's no excuses for these actions. The documention provided is damning in every way.

He must drop out, and in a just world face criminal charges

If he refuses to drop out he should be pushed out

Several top Democratic figures call.....

opinions of individuals who dont matter. but lets dig deeper....

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chair Kirsten Gillibrand....

oh the two racist blow hards from NY. nothing to see here people just the people failing america being idiotic again.

She told Politico she hesitated to make her claim public because she had a “huge moral conflict” between supporting Platner’s politics and not supporting him as a person.

Fuck, even his actual victim struggled to square her own right to justice with her political convictions. She made the right choice though, if he doesn't respect the consent of a partner, he certainly won't respect the consent of the governed.

Racicot told Politico she had previously had consensual relations with Platner, until a night in 2021 when he allegedly let himself into her unlocked house and forced himself on her. She said she repeatedly told him to stop and that she believed he was “almost blackout drunk”.

Getting black out drunk and raping your sometime fuck buddy by breaking into her house in the middle of the night and forcing your self on her that's like one of the worst possible scenarios. That guy does not belong in power he is an irresponsible predator.

The obvious solution here is to undo the Missouri Compromise that happened only to extend slavery. Retrocede Maine to Massachusetts and just deprive Missouri of Congressional representation/statehood.

Yet again this is everything I hate about politics.

I believe this round of accusations against Platner are credible. I'd like to see more receipts but I will try not to reflexively deny the victim from coming forward how and when she did.

That said, if Platner does not step down within the next week, then Maine must accept one of the two options they are given, as is. One is a Senator who will support women having no rights related to voting or bodily autonomy, reckless war spending, support for genocide, and no accountability on Trump's corruption empire, while starving the livelihood of the common American. The other is a Senator with a storied history chewed and spat out by the military, leading to drunken behvaiour and an alleged serious rape incident, who will work to stop Israel and large corporations having influence through their money in politics, and prosecute Trump org for their crimes and benefit more than just the 1%.

If he does, the choice is likely to be between supporting the removal of women's rights, supporting genocide, oligarchy and Trump's corruption, versus flowery words opposing these things but tacitly allowing the same to continue unpunished.

I watched an interview with him about the tattoo. I thought he was lying.

So...Susan Collins would then be running, unopposed?

My favorite Mamdani quote:

"For far too long our party has seen its job as managing decline instead of delivering material change for working people. That old way of thinking will lose."

The Dems would rather have Collins win, and lose their chance to take over the Senate, than allow Platner to fight for US.

I have never written to a candidate, but I sent a message to Platner telling him to stay in the race.

She told Politico she hesitated to make her claim public because she had a “huge moral conflict” between supporting Platner’s politics and not supporting him as a person. She also said she did not share the sexual assault claims with the New York Times for their story because she did not want to be known as a rape victim.

But now she's ok with that and making accusations at the worst possible political time for Platner. This is sus AF.