From Graham Platner's Nazi tattoo to his sexual predilections, with the help of the Democrat Party, Platner has been able to plaster over these crater-sized moral and personal holes or blame them on someone else.
So, this latest New York Times oppo drop may do absolutely nothing to his already filthy reputation and spurious record. However, they say it's not the crime, but the cover-up, and this one is going to require lots of plaster.
In the NYT article, three women who dated Platner in the past point to his excessive drinking and abusive behavior.
But in extensive conversations over the past two months, three other women who had been romantically involved with Mr. Platner offered a far more complicated assessment, describing volatile and “toxic” relationships that were unsettling and at times emotionally wrenching.
Mr. Platner could be charming and charismatic, they recalled in interviews, but also demeaning to women and, in at least one case, even physically threatening. He drank heavily and was regularly unfaithful.
No surprise here: Platner has talked about his issues with PTSD, which caused him to drink heavily, and the prior Reddit drops reflected his views about the concept of fidelity. Look at how he talks about his brothers in arms with whom he served, after all.
Lyndsey Fifield, 40, a Virginia conservative who has worked for right-leaning groups and Republican campaigns, recalled him as “cavalierly contemptuous of women’s emotions, of our ‘weakness.’” Ms. Fifield, who dated Mr. Platner from roughly 2013 to 2015, said that his offensive online posts “reminded me of just how much he hated women.”
Jenny Racicot, 41, a Maine Democrat, who said she dated him casually off and on between 2019 and 2021, said the posts deepened her belief that he did not respect women. “When I saw the old comments that he made online,” she said, “I recognized a version of him that I had experiences with.”
The third woman spoke to the NYT on condition of anonymity.
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None of the accounts are bombshells. The one problematic revelation from Fifield is buried in this long, plodding piece, 10 paragraphs in.
But she said he regularly grabbed her by the shoulders — sometimes hard enough to leave marks — and, on one occasion, yanked her out of a cab by her wrist after an argument when she wanted to stay in the car.
During one argument, she recalled, he twisted her arm behind her back, shoved her into a bedroom and held the door closed from the other side so she couldn’t getout, telling her to remain there until she was “calm.” Eventually, Ms. Fifield said,she fell asleep and left the next morning.
“It hurt,” she said. But she added: “It didn’t cause an injury, it didn’t break my arm.”
Of course, Platner is disputing these accounts.
Mr. Platner “strongly disputes” any claims of physical intimidation or altercations, his campaign said. The Times could not independently corroborate Ms. Fifield’s account of the altercations.
Not sure whether Platner's denials will be enough this time. Trust me, there will be more accounts that continue to dribble in. Lest we forget, it was the pile-up of allegations that killed the career of former Congressman and California gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell. However, there is serious doubt that Maine voters, particularly Maine women, will want this guy representing them. June 9 is looming large, and Platner's polling advantage over incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has dropped from 10 points to four points.
It's a sign, if not a definitive one.
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