The Whole Left Wants Platner Gone. He Won't Leave

The entire Democratic Party now wants Graham Plattner gone. Before, they wouldn't let him leave, but now he won't leave. Bernie Sanders told him to step aside. Zohra Mamdani rushed it to leave. Elizabeth Warren, Ro Khanna. All the endorsements yanked. The main Democratic Party, the Senate campaign arm, they're all running for the exits. And now another accusation from ex-Lindsey Fifield. She told the Washington Post he pulled off condoms without her consent during sex. And Democrats are teasing there's more coming. Will Plattner quit? I mean, why should he? He's got until July 13th. So far, he's not budging. The Democrats are now in serious trouble in Maine. They're in serious trouble in Maine, not just because it turns out that Graham Plattner, the oyster farmer who only farmed oysters for his mom's restaurant, the blue collar man who grew up at Silver Spoon, the guy who said, yeah, you know, if somebody tried to break into my house, I hope someone tries to break into my house, I'd rape him. Not in a gay way. Well, it turns out that there are now rape allegations, multiple rape allegations against Graham Plattner. And the Democratic Party is like, we don't want any more of him. And he's like, well, too late. They can't make me go. Well, yesterday, Lindsey Fifield, who is Graham Plattner's ex, this is the Republican ex. So because she was a Republican ex, that meant Democrats could ignore her. And then there was a Democratic socialist ex who alleged rape, and now they have to pay attention. So it's believe all Democrat women is the way that this works. In any case, here she was describing alleged abuse, including the rather unpleasant revelation that during sex, he would randomly remove the condom that they had agreed to use because she was not on birth control, which in many countries actually is a crime. Here is Lindsey Fifield with Jake Tapper explaining. When Jenny told her story, what, if anything, aligned with your experiences? The eyes. The dead eyes where he couldn't hear your protests? I just know exactly what that looks like. I know exactly what it looks like. And that is something that I feel like people need to understand is it was almost like looking at like a pit bull where they just, there's, it's nothing, but not just nothing, but like a capacity for violence. And you see it and you know, it's there and it's terrifying. And I, but also, yeah, a deafness to any thing that, you know, yes, like I'm going, like this is going to happen. And I think that was the hardest part. Oh God, I'm sorry. Hey, so she also told the Washington Post again that he repeatedly removed protection without her consent while they were having sex. She said, quote, he would pull condoms off. He would do it in a sneaky way. He wouldn't tell me. She estimated that Plattner removed condoms without her consent at least six times when they had sex at both of the residences in DC during their two-year on and off again relationship. She said she told him she was upset about it, but he would make light of the situation. He would act cute about it, like, oh, sneaky me. So, I don't know. I feel like there were some red flags here, like a few red flags that, you know, maybe the Nazi tattoo guy was not the best candidate. I know, crazy, right? So Democrats have decided they're done with him. Now let's be real. The reason they're done with him is because he's going to lose. They're not done with him because of any of these allegations. And in fact, here is the theory. The theory is that if Graham Plattner sticks around for another week and a half, Democrats will start coming back around to him because we are now past the point of candidates stepping down out of honor or decency. We are long past that point, obviously. And so now the question becomes whether Democrats come back to the fold after Graham Plattner stays in and they decide it's just that important. They need Rapey McNazi over here to replace Susan Collins. But Representative Debbie Dingell, she says that there are more explosive Graham Plattner stories coming again. The reason why they want him out is because he's down in the polls. And also there's more to come. You know, I'm going to not give you names because the people that have a great deal of respect for as well, but they have said to me, you were right. Your gut was right. Your instincts were right. He lied to me. I am going to tell you point blank that I, I'm not even going to give you gender because I've discussed it with people of both genders said that they'll never forgive him for lying the way that he did. And I think a lot of people have been stunned by the continuing pattern of stories. And quite frankly, I am told that there are more. I do talk. This is a community that I work in and there are other credible reports that people have told me up. Well, unfortunately for the Democrats, they can't actually force him out. So they're withdrawing endorsements and all the rest. Bernie Sanders put out a tweet saying that he recommends that he step aside. The Nazism was one thing that was bad. And the, and the allegation of him getting a little rapey with a Republican that was also not great, but not, not disqualifying, not disqualifying. I mean, if he supported Israel, that would be disqualifying. I have spoken, he says, with grandpa about the best path forward for me. In light of these very serious allegations, I have recommended that he stepped aside. Well, he's not going to step aside. Just get ready for it. He's not. Rashida Tlaib says that she also is withdrawing her, withdrawing her endorsement of Graham Plattner, mainly because he wasn't in Gaza and raping Jewish women on the other side of the Gaza border. If you had done that, different sort of endorsement available. But instead he allegedly raped a, a democratic socialist. And he wants, she, she wants Graham Plattner to be replaced by a progressive fighter who will deliver for the people and help win back the Senate. She says these allegations are devastating and must be taken seriously. Zarmandani says that he believes it's time for Graham Plattner to drop out of the race. Yeah, yeah. All right, here we go. I believe that it's time for him to drop out of the race. And when it comes to my own endorsements, I've made eight endorsements at the state and federal level. They've all been right here in New York City. I'm incredibly excited at the fact that they won their races. And that's where my focus is for now. You know, I think the focus of today should be to respond to the gravity of what so many of us have read. And I think that the only appropriate response is for the campaign to come to an end. Okay, well, we will find out whether he has any sort of truck there. The answer, of course, is no. We'll get to more on this in a moment. First, folks, when you're younger, you feel like you can go pretty much forever without sleep. And usually forever is like a couple of nights, but you feel like it's fine. You can go indefinitely on like four or five hours sleep. And then you realize that this is not working because your brain is not firing on all the synapses. You don't feel as energetic as you should. And that's why I go with Bull & Branch. Their summer bedding is breathable, lightweight. It's designed to keep you cool all night long. 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Okay, so the reason the Democrats are panicking is because if Platner stays in, he's almost certainly going to lose. He was probably going to lose anyway. Now he's almost certainly going to lose. And if they don't grab Maine, they don't grab control of the Senate. Which means that he actually has pretty much all of the leverage right now. Graham Platner can stay in. And then what he can do is he can say he's only handing over the nomination to somebody who he likes. And then he can claim that he was the hero who saved the Republic if that candidate ends up winning. Or he could just stay in himself. The Maine Democratic Party executive director, a woman named Yvonne Murphy Anderson is now calling for him to drop out and also not be involved in the picking of his replacement. That is not going to go the way she thinks it's going to go. As you know, the Maine Democratic Party has been working around the clock to develop a process to replace our U.S. Senate nominee that is open, inclusive, transparent, and fair. The integrity of this process is just as important as the outcome. And we are committed to ensuring that Democrats across our state can have confidence in both. Unfortunately, Graham Platner's team has repeatedly reached out to us in an attempt to put their thumb on the scale of what this process looks like. We have repeatedly reiterated to Graham Platner's team that they have no role in determining our next Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, nor in determining what this process looks like. We have also reiterated that Graham Platner must drop out of this race so that Democrats in Maine can focus on defeating Susan Collins this November. We look forward to making this process public as soon as Graham Platner formally withdraws from this race. Okay, but he's not going to formally withdraw. I don't think he will. By the way, the Cal sheet markets, and again, they're a sponsor, say that there were like 85% who's going to withdraw yesterday. Now they're down around 50%. They're going to keep drawing. The longer he stays in, the better shot it is that he just stays in for the long haul. Meanwhile, it's kind of fun to watch Democratic commentators mope around and pretend that this is all very sad and unforeseeable. The Pod Save America bros, who are all in on Graham Platner, all in on Graham Platner, they're having a sad. They're enmeshed in the thicket of sad today. Watch the sad. Yeah, it's just the whole situation's just terrible. Even after the June 4th story, she said, I am still technically on the ballot, but didn't reactivate the campaign. So, you know, it's a terrible situation. And the story is horrible. And my thoughts go to like, I think of that person who finally felt like they didn't get their story out the first time the story ran. They felt they had to come forward and tell it in even more gruesome detail. And that is terrible and a brave thing to do. And I still hope we win that seat. Yeah, yeah, a lot of sad happening. Maybe you shouldn't immobilize behind the Nazi guy. Maybe, maybe. Molly Jongfast and all of her various hair colors had some thoughts on this as well. Look, with this story, as someone, I mean, what she says in this story is that she is, I mean, the misogyny that I found in the story was this poor woman is saying it was non-consensual when it was obviously rape. And she couldn't say that because she was, you know, trying to protect him to some extent. So in my mind, this is a really serious, you know, as a woman and a mother of a daughter, you know, as serious as it gets. And you see in, you know, the ways in which the culture, you know, this victim is protecting this man. So in my mind, this is, you know, but it's not up to me because I don't even live in Maine. It is up to the voters of Maine. No, it's not up to her because she's not in Maine. Yeah, that's, you get out of jail free card right there. Mika Brzezinski went after Adam Wren, who is one of the co-writers on the Politico piece talking about the alleged rape. And here she was grilling him. What is the actual, is there evidence between her and him, evidence of a crime? Because he's being, he's being accused of rape. So what is the, what put this over the edge? Because he says he didn't. And he has people on his side who say he didn't. She says he did. And there are people who have been not, there's, I'm trying, what's the through line? What ties this together and gives you the evidence to bring this story to the point of publishable? Okay, so again, we'll see whether Democrats re-coalesce around Graham Platt. He is being advised apparently by Morris Katz, who is his insane left-wing progressive advisor that he probably should step down. We'll see whether he does it. I don't see an upside to him in stepping down, frankly. Like what does he get? What's his prize? What is the thing he gets? He's not gonna run for governor in Maine. Like this is his shot and he knows it. What an amazing video you just watched. Wasn't that amazing? Well, you know, if you think so, head on over to dailywire.com slash subscribe to watch the full show ad free or check out this crazy story here.