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/soboshka 2d ago

If you only hold your candidates responsible if the other side holds their candidates responsible, then you never really cared about ethics. Vote however you please, but lets call a spade a spade. Not to mention Trump isn’t the OG of his behavior, he’s just a follower of Bill.

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u/dragonmp93 2d ago

That goes both ways, you know.

And at least Lewinsky was 22 when it happened.

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u/soboshka 2d ago

And at least Lewinsky was 22 when it happened.

How old were the girls on Little Saint James?

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u/dragonmp93 2d ago

Ask Trump, he was holding the camera.

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u/soboshka 2d ago

He was holding the camera while Bill was doing what exactly?

Im guessing you disapprove of what both have done to children, not just what one has done to children, right?

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u/dragonmp93 2d ago

Yes, both should be thrown on a hole.

But Bill Clinton is not the one currently sitting on a the white house, claiming to have been exonerated and saying this:

“Yeah, I wish her well,” he said. “I’d wish you well. I’d wish a lot of people well. Good luck. Let them prove somebody was guilty.”

“I’ve met her numerous times over the years, especially since I lived in Palm Beach, and I guess they lived in Palm Beach. But I wish her well, whatever it is,” Trump told reporters at a White House coronavirus briefing.

About Ghislaine Maxwell.

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u/soboshka 2d ago

Im glad we’re on the same page, both have predictably failed to prosecute the other. Maybe the next president will.