r/moderatepolitics • u/TheWyldMan • 3d ago

News Article Graham Platner’s Wife Flagged Sexually Explicit Texts to His Senate Campaign

https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/graham-platners-wife-flagged-sexually-explicit-texts-to-his-senate-campaign-628ec832?mod=e2tw
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u/DrVader314159 3d ago edited 2d ago

I really can’t give a crap about what Republicans think constitutes ethics after they elected Trump twice.

You want to talk about consent? How about you start with the fact that the president you elected has been held civilly liable for rape, has been accused by at least 28 women of sexual misconduct, brags about walking in on naked contestants at beauty pageants, cheated on his wife with a porn star, has regularly associated with convicted child sex offenders, and has repeatedly opposed releasing files about said convicted child sex offenders?

I’ll consider holding senate candidates to stricter ethical standards after Republicans gain the ability to hold the goddamn president to any standards at all. Platner’s indiscretions don’t rise to the level of a footnote on the resume of Republican politicians.

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u/WavesAndSaves 3d ago

Why are you bringing up Trump? This is about the Maine Senate race, a state that Trump has not won in any of his three Presidential elections. He didn't even win it in the 2016 primaries.

What relevance does Donald Trump have to any of this?

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u/TheWyldMan 3d ago

What relevance does Donald Trump have to any of this?

Also if the Dems are trying to position themselves as anti-Trump, using trump to excuse a downward slip in their own morals and behavior feels a bit hypocritical.

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u/DrVader314159 3d ago edited 2d ago

Bringing up ethics when it comes to Democrats but not Republicans, given the vast difference in the orders of magnitude of ethical violations, is also hypocritical.