New Platner Scandal Quickly Turns Already-Heated Dem Civil War Into Even Messier Bloodbath |
New Platner Scandal Quickly Turns Already-Heated Dem Civil War Into Even Messier Bloodbath
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Graham Platner, the Maine Democratic Senate hopeful, has so many skeletons in the closet that everyone’s beginning to lose count.
Whether it’s the Nazi tattoo, his long history of Reddit posting, or his recently surfaced sexting scandal, Platner cannot shake off his past. The latest scandal, which insiders knew was coming and broke Thursday in The New York Times, involved allegations from Platner’s ex-girlfriends, their “toxic” relationships with him, and one allegation that he physically harmed a woman.
Note well, the Daily Caller’s Senior Politics Editor, Will Upton, reported that The Times did a “soft catch and kill” to limit the damage done to Platner’s campaign. The outlet also screwed over the alleged........