The Platner Playbook
But the Maine Democrat is also accused of mistreating women, something Democrats claim to oppose. The doyenne of the New York Times's #MeToo coverage, Jodi Kantor, who won a Pulitzer Prize for taking down Harvey Weinstein, emerged on Wednesday to shift some goal posts, announcing that Platner is not a #MeToo case. But they're actually very different." Kantor was interviewed on a Times podcast that cast Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings as a "national trial" of the #MeToo movement.
- ▪But the Maine Democrat is also accused of mistreating women, something Democrats claim to oppose.
- ▪The doyenne of the New York Times's #MeToo coverage, Jodi Kantor, who won a Pulitzer Prize for taking down Harvey Weinstein, emerged on Wednesday to shift some goal posts, announcing that Platner is not a #MeToo case.
- ▪But they're actually very different." Kantor was interviewed on a Times podcast that cast Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings as a "national trial" of the #MeToo movement.
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Democrats The Platner Playbook New York Times logo (New York Times), Graham Platner (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Washington Free Beacon Editors June 12, 2026 image/svg+xml .st0{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} .st1{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} We think Graham Platner is unsuitable for the Senate because he is a damaged, commie-loving, Israeli-hating nepo baby—precisely the opposite of the working-class man of the people he claims to be. But the Maine Democrat is also accused of mistreating women, something Democrats claim to oppose.
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