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/Teganfff Centrist Democrat 2d ago

Example 7,439 of why Democrats/people on the left need to stop purity testing and infighting.

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u/ferbje 2d ago

What does him having a Nazi tattoo and cheating on his wife have to do with left wing infighting

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u/airforceCOT 2d ago edited 2d ago

I think he’s annoyed that some Democrats are hesitant about supporting a guy who’s sported a Holocaust symbol on his chest, stated that he wished a Purple Heart recipient would have died, said that women who dress provocatively asked to be raped, cheated on his wife, bragged about masturbating in porta potties, and reposts Twitter content from podcasters who think Jews are evil.

To some folks, this is unnecessary infighting at a time when Democrats need to stick together.

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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ 2d ago edited 2d ago

and reposts Twitter content from podcasters who think Jews are evil

Every time this is mentioned, I shall point out that several high ranking Republicans, some of them part of the current administration, have been on said podcaster's podcast. Several times.

And, every time, I will ask: What is worse? Reposting a tweet from that guy and immediately deleting it upon finding out about the guy's history, or repeatedly going on the guy's podcast while agreeing with him about most things he says?

Still waiting for an answer to this question to this day.

said that women who dress provocatively asked to be raped

That meanwhile - as far as I can tell - is outright untruthful. He simply didn't say that. He said something pretty bad and equally condemnable, but he didn't say that.

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u/TP-BANDIT77 2d ago

"Rape is a real thing, if you're so worried about it to buy Kevlar underwear you'd think you might not get blacked out f----- up around people you aren't comfortable with."

Woof

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u/PairOk7940 22h ago

Yup, dumb guys day dumb stuff ehen theyvare young dumb snd mad.  As a woman and a Progressive Im more interested in how he openly talks about this thinking and its stupidity than the fact that he said it.  Becauae honestly a lot of well meaning liberal men think this way too. They aont say it out loud so its hard to correct.  Liberal men are sexist too, and often the worst at hearing that to be quite frank. 

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u/digitalime 9h ago

He wasn’t that young he was a full grown man. Even young girls know why what he said was stupid.

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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ 2d ago

Welp, I found another quote that wasn't exactly good, either. This one is worse.

He'd fit right in with a lot of high-ranking Republicans on that one.

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