i hate gaslighting abusers from past personal experiences and i fucking hate graham platner more. he needs to go away forever; he doesn't get to make demands of anyone because he couldn't take no for an answer.
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He's dragging it out, too. Like a toddler throwing a tantrum. I hope he actually files the paperwork on Monday, but at this rate I'm not holding my breath.
Graham Platner is planning to wait until Monday, the deadline for withdrawal, to file the paperwork to end his Senate campaign in Maine, a source familiar with his plans confirmed to Bloomberg Government on Thursday.
Platner announced Wednesday evening that he would suspend his campaign and intends to file the paperwork to withdraw, moves that come following a sexual assault allegation that saw his support from Democrats crumble.
Platner has until July 13 to withdraw from the race in time for Maine Democrats to nominate a replacement for the general election, according to state law. The party, which would have until July 27 to pick a replacement, already announced plans to hold a convention.
The Secretary of State’s office confirmed to Bloomberg Government on Thursday that it had not yet received an official withdrawal notice from Platner. A candidate needs to withdraw in writing, according to the office.
From what I've heard he's trying to force the DNC to replace him with a progressive candidate and not an institutionalized boot licker?
Why are people still posting to X?
The crashes who owns it has been caught manipulating everything about the service, and he's an overt Nazi.
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The majority is on the line. If there was ever a time for the establishment to step aside for a young, energetic progressive who can rally support quickly, this is the time. No fundraising roadblocks. Go full tilt.
Basically your saying the higher ups will block any young hopefull that has ideas, and make sure another old white dude with money is the choice, right?
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Three things are true:
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He has aspects of his past that he needs to confront directly.
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He seemed to be sincerely evolved from majority of any demonstrated bad behaviors, most of which are unfortunately more typical from a male in the US that doesn't grow up with privilege and ends up in the military - an organization that, by design, breaks people and then reshapes them into the same well-conforming hate machine (a hate pointed outward initially, that inevitably points more and more inward).
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His takedown was a very carefully engineered and intentional effort by the establishment right or left or both in concert.
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Mitch McConnell died last Thursday after a long and ultimately successful effort to disassemble American democracy.
Oh... Four things actually.
You forgot 5. He's a rapist.
And 6. Rape apologia is not a practice exclusive to conservatives
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He seemed to be sincerely evolved from majority of any demonstrated bad behaviors,
.... What? He was lying about his totenkopf a few months ago and ignoring credible rape claims as recently as a few weeks ago.
His takedown was a very vault engineered and intentional effort
... no shit? That is what politics is. Once you get out of the primary, there is no reason to keep The Enemy as a viable option. Of course closets are going to be searched for skeletons to fuel campaign ads.
This is why, if you are a rapist and a nazi, you run as a republican.
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This doesn't matter that much, but
doesn't grow up with privilege
is wrong. His parents are a lawyer(serving as assitant disttrict attorney) and a upscale resturant owner, his grandfather was an architect connected to the financial world through making Windows of the World and working with Ford Foundation. He did not directly go into politics or anything, but he comes from a family with money and some connections.
His replacement will have no chance. This whole campaign and all the controversy around it have been so poorly managed. The dems have shot themselves in the foot again. So now we get six more years of rapist-enabler Susan Collins. This is not an improvement.
That's the thing that gets me. The choice was someone accused of being "consensually careless" (suspeciously crafted phrasing), and a known rapist enabler who supports a man who is known to have been besties with Epstein of all people.
People fall for this shit because, like always, targeting the emotions of people during an election is a surefire and guaranteed way to manipulate it. Never fails.
And even if it were true (maybe it is but it's sus), the choice to me is clear (even if way way way less than ideal)
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I can't WAIT to see who Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries LET us Choose!
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I suspect, with gerrymandering the House creating a nearly insurmountable GOP advantage (would not be surprised to see nationally +5-10% democratic votes but end up with a GOP House majority), this may be the moment non-fascists lost any chance to avoid a trifecta MAGA government for the next two years - and maybe beyond.
To be clear, I am not blaming this on anyone but Platner, to the extent we can (as we must) guess at the truth without a criminal investigation and trial. But I admit, I would have really liked for these stories to be not true. I could buy him lacking awareness of the tattoo, and further his uncovered private Reddit posts corroborated that he legitimately was going to fight for left causes and was not a Fetterman. And the timing means the story being released now is suspicious as hell.
But corroboration as detailed as this, with reliable journalism checking contemporaneous sources, makes the story credible. After all, the likely fact that it's a political hit piece doesn't make it not true, and in fact the ideal hit piece is one that is true. And if this story is true, then yes, that disqualifies him and also means he likely would lose the general even if he didn't withdraw. This isn't a Franken if the story is true - Franken was sacrificed by Gillibrand and others for a stupid but ultimately harmless photo, not any actual physical contact or conduct at all.
I agree with everyone here dooming about Maine's chances now, though. Democratic insiders will always choose a safe loss over a risky victory.
Obviously we need to keep pushing as hard as we can to salvage November, but also keep one eye on what we need to do to resist the next stage of politically unopposed fascism from 2027-2028 (as if figuring out how to resist the fascism already here wasn't enough).
Seems an appropriate venue for a rapist ending his political career
*Edit: meant this as a reply to another comment, leaving it here
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