                                        {"id":3966,"date":"2026-07-08T08:36:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3966"},"modified":"2026-07-08T08:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:36:43","slug":"dems-are-finally-pulling-the-plug-on-graham-platner-after-selfishly-ignoring-all-his-warning-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3966","title":{"rendered":"Dems are finally pulling the plug on Graham Platner \u2014 after selfishly ignoring all his warning signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u2018My kinda man!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how Sen. Elizabeth Warren described Graham Platner during a campaign event as she endorsed the US Senate wannabe from Maine.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3964\">Women\u2019s basketball is out to destroy superstar Caitlin Clark \u2014 and itself, too<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a badge of shame that she, and dozens of other top Democrats, must wear for all time.<\/p>\n<p>Platner was Warren\u2019s kind of man even after Americans found out about the Nazi symbol he wore on his chest for close to two decades.<\/p>\n<p>She stood behind him after it emerged that Platner said women concerned about rape should \u201ctake some responsibility for themselves and not get so f\u2013ked up they wind up having sex with someone they don\u2019t mean to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And after we learned he had written \u201cI dig it\u201d next to an online video of Hamas terrorists murdering Israeli soldiers.<\/p>\n<h2>Lefties pull the plug<\/h2>\n<p>Now, months later, Warren \u2014 along with Sen. Bernie Sanders and countless other erstwhile Platner fans \u2014 have finally pulled the plug on their support for the progressive wunderkind.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve known the name Graham Platner for years: He\u2019d had a tumultuous relationship with one of my best friends, Lyndsey Fifield, more than a decade ago. I was shocked last summer when she told us that he\u2019d be running for Senate.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when she dropped another bombshell about him: \u201cHe has a Nazi tattoo on his chest,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Months later, Platner appeared on the \u201cPod Save America\u201d podcast to wave away the ink\u2019s existence with a cover-up tale the \u201cPod\u201d bros pretended to believe.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Here\u2019s the latest on the bombshell sexual assault allegations against lefty Senate candidate Graham Platner<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Graham Platner\u2019s ex-girlfriend alleges Maine Dem would sneakily pull off condoms during sex<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Graham Platner rape claims finally force top Dems to make pathetic U-turn: \u2018My kind of man\u2019<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Accused rapist Graham Platner spotted at Maine home as he holds Dem party hostage<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Here\u2019s who could replace alleged rapist Graham Platner in Maine Senate race<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But now even they have changed their tune, after Politico dropped another ex-girlfriend\u2019s harrowing allegation that Platner once barged into her home and raped her.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3962\">Harrowing 911 audio reveals DreamDoll Brii\u2019s shocked witnesses calling for help after influencer, 21, was gunned down<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlatner needs to drop out ASAP \u2014 these are awful, credible allegations,\u201d \u201cPod\u201d co-host Jon Favreau wrote on X late Monday.<\/p>\n<h2>Tattoo tumult<\/h2>\n<p>In a rational world, an actual Nazi tattoo would have meant Platner\u2019s instant disqualification by national Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>So should Fifield\u2019s account of Platner\u2019s domestic violence, described last month in a New York Times report that whitewashed allegations from her and several other ex-girlfriends.<\/p>\n<p>But even the details that survived the Times\u2019 \u201ccatch and kill\u201d story should have made Platner ballot-box poison: They painted a picture of a man willing to use his physical strength as a weapon against women.<\/p>\n<p>They did not \u2014 because the Times took pains to center Fifield and her conservative political background in its report.<\/p>\n<p>Now, finally, Democrats have found their bright red line.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t the many previous accusations \u2014\u00a0 and it wasn\u2019t even Monday\u2019s documented allegation of rape.<\/p>\n<p>The line was simply this: Platner had begun to drop in the polls.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When it looked like he could grab a Senate seat away from the Republicans, Democrats were thrilled to boost him on their principle-free, vibes-based non-platform.<\/p>\n<p>Now they can\u2019t jettison him fast enough.<\/p>\n<p>But the rest of us should never let them forget it.<\/p>\n<p>Platner\u2019s stain must shame them all \u2014 and should keep these craven fiends far, far away from the power they so desperately seek.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3960\">UK mom thrown out of supermarket over what she wore during heat wave: \u2018Someone can untie your top\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Bethany Mandel writes and podcasts at The Mom Wars.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it looked like he could grab a Senate seat away from the Republicans, Democrats were thrilled to boost him on their principle-free, vibes-based non-platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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