Piker read the story aloud on his Twitch stream shortly after it was published. He read the portion of the report that cited Maine resident Jenny Racicot’s documents, emails with her therapist and messages to an acquaintance who warned about getting involved with Platner.
“That is curtains … That is the trifecta, OK? That is the trifecta of a reliable allegation. It’s –– holy s—. Personal firsthand testimony to a friend, a close confidante, back from way before Graham Platner ever f—ing ran for Congress, are you kidding me? And then also direct testimony to a therapist?” Piker said.
The streamer added that he believed the allegations against Platner. He said that there are verifiable aspects — including documentation — that support any credible allegation, saying it was “impossible to overlook” Racicot’s testimony.
Piker said people could have judged Platner’s character based on previous allegations about his past comments and behavior, referring to The New York Times article published in June that spoke with women Platner used to date
“But this is something beyond that … It’s irredeemable,” Piker added.
Politico reported earlier on Monday that Racicot accused Platner of forcing her to have sex with him while he was intoxicated in 2021.
Racicot recounted the 2021 incident to CNN’s Jake Tapper Monday night. She alleged that he was “heavily intoxicated” and that she pushed him away, knocking over belongings in her room. She said he “was aware that he was doing something wrong, yeah, saying, ‘Sorry.'”
She later said that she agrees with him politically and that she was “not mad at anyone who has voted for him all along,” and that “if he wasn’t who he was” she would vote for Platner as well.
“I understand that the state of our political environment is so much so that we need a lot of change, and he’s offering that change,” Racicot told Tapper.
Platner vehemently denied the allegations and emphasized the “inaccuracy of the reporting” by Politico while acknowledging that the latest scandal could threaten to impact his campaign.
He told supporters that he would take “the time to reflect on the best path forward” for Maine, the people he loves, his movement and “the goal of defeating” Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).
Hours after Politico ran its story, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and End Citizens United pulled their endorsements for Platner. Florida Senate candidate Alex Vindman (D) and Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) also called for Platner to drop from the race.
The Maine Democratic Party called on Platner to withdraw as the party nominee, adding that the party is “entrusted with deciding who represents our values and who carries our banner.”
“Over the past several weeks, multiple women have made serious, credible allegations against Graham Platner,” Maine Democratic Party leaders said in a statement. “Today’s statements take those allegations even further.”
Funny how all of a sudden the media thinks Piker is an important person whose views on politics people should listen to.
"Streamers" and "Influencers" are part of the cancer killing modern day society. They are not held to any standards resembling those applied to real journalism.
This bastard literally reread a bunch of accusations of one party and declared the issue closed. This will lead SEVERAL people to adopt the same opinion because they believe the first thing they hear and don't care what is actually found beyond that point.
The repugs are fighting this race tooth and nail and have already pulled every accusation they can find out of the woodwork. They do not care if any of this is based in reality and the smear campaign has obviously had the desired effect to this point. How much of all this bullshit is factual?
Edit to add that the repugs are playing straight off the fact that the voters concerned hold their candidates to certain standards and can be convinced to abstain while mindless righties vote in lockstep.
Sex abuse allegations against Platner have existed for a long time, these are just the most damning. Further, we already knew he was an imperialist boot.
I am not impressed by his analysis but yes he is an influential person otherwise no politicians would accept to get interviewed by him. You seem to have a deep hate for him for no reason
No, the user you replied to has a deep hate for the media who only treat Pikar as influential when he says something that helps the establishment.