Even without his controversies, Graham Platner is just a lightweight extremist
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- ▪Recommended Stories Trump’s Israel hypocrisy: Rules for thee but not for me Philadelphia district attorney, who ranted about arresting ICE, says little about murdered college student If Trump believes in Azerbaijan-Armenia peace, why does B
- ▪The more interesting question is why Democrats have shown such loyalty to him.
- ▪After hearing so much about Platner’s everyman appeal, I went down a rabbit hole, watching his speeches and listening to his interviews.
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Set aside, for a moment, that Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner spent years with a tattoo resembling the Nazi SS Totenkopf; that he blamed sexual assault victims for their predicament; that he called rural white Americans stupid racists; that he advocated political violence; that he mocked a wounded Purple Heart recipient; that he joked about the Virgin Mary being a “skank”; and that he joined a hookup site while married. Who among us is a saint, after all? Recommended Stories Trump’s Israel hypocrisy: Rules for thee but not for me Philadelphia district attorney, who ranted about arresting ICE, says little about murdered college student If Trump believes in Azerbaijan-Armenia peace, why does Baku want weapons? The more interesting question is why Democrats have shown such loyalty to…
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