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/Rollen73 2d ago

I think blaming Trump is somewhat overdone but the utter destruction of political norms in this country is very much trumps fault. Before Trump politicians had way more stringent standards on how they were supposed to act.

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u/Bullet_Jesus There is no center 2d ago

"Grab 'em by the pussy" would have destroyed a prior political candidate. At the time people thought this would doom Trump in the close race 2016 was shaping up to be. Then he won, served a term, lost and then won again.

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u/Plastastic Social Democrat 2d ago

At the time people thought this would doom Trump in the close race 2016 was shaping up to be.

Crazy how so many people seemed to drop Trump only to pick him back up when he skated through the whole thing.

I think that's why Giuliani is so close with Trump, he never jumped ship even in the campaign's darkest days.

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u/Sckaledoom 2d ago

Yeah, at least once a week they’ve had a scandal that would sink any other admin. Instead they get treated like gold.

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