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EdmondDantes_

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20. You don't consider yanking women around and blocking them in a room serious?

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:10 PM

7 hrs ago

Because that's abusive behavior.

And the most recent of the women dated him from 2019 to 2021, so that part of your defense is incorrect.

The New York Times cited critical comments from two other women. Jenny Racicot, 41, a Democrat from Maine, who said she dated Platner from 2019 to 2021, told the paper: “When I saw the old comments that he made online, I recognized a version of him that I had experiences with.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/04/graham-platner-maine-new-york-times-report

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3 women, including 1 GOP operative who made serious accusations Justice 10 hrs ago #1

I've had bad feelings about him since the beginning of his primary run against Janet Mills... hlthe2b 10 hrs ago #2

and it's the talk of faux noise. Ugh...... a kennedy 9 hrs ago #3

Of course it is! City Lights 9 hrs ago #4

Exactly, but nonetheless we have to deal with it...Dems don't/can't ignore these issues. hlthe2b 8 hrs ago #8

Excellent point ! And remember Al Franken vapor2 6 hrs ago #26

I was thinking about Andrew Cuomo today since his Nixie 9 hrs ago #5

Franken should never have resigned. pat_k 8 hrs ago #14

Thanks for the article Nixie 5 hrs ago #46

Jane Mayer is an awesome investigator. pat_k 5 hrs ago #47

One said he was well aware it was a nazi tattoo MichMan 8 hrs ago #6

Here is NYT article describing his dating history. LisaL 8 hrs ago #10

Yes one did. Although no one can corroborate that. And when she mentioned recently it she also said she Nanjeanne 8 hrs ago #11

Per NYT, she was posting on the internet that he had a nazi tattoo months before he acknowledged having it. LisaL 8 hrs ago #12

New blood is a good thing, but people who have never run for anything cannot be consider fully vetted. pat_k 8 hrs ago #7

I kinda dont like it either, but heres the thing: Volaris 5 hrs ago #43

"we have to play the ball as it lays" pat_k 5 hrs ago #45

I read the whole long NY Times article and still feel like this is a troubled man who had a past that Nanjeanne 8 hrs ago #9

Per NYT, she was posting on the internet that he had a nazi tattoo, LisaL 8 hrs ago #13

Yes she did a few months before which is when she said she would vote for Collins. My ? Nanjeanne 8 hrs ago #16

Platner himself voted for Collins more than once. LisaL 7 hrs ago #18

Ok. In the text about saying he had a Nazi tattoo she said she would vote for Collins. And as a Nanjeanne 7 hrs ago #19

It sounds like he was a lousy cheating boyfriend, at least to some of his ex-girlfirends. LisaL 7 hrs ago #21

You betcha. I wouldn't date him. Nanjeanne 7 hrs ago #22

He doesn't sound like a prize as a husband either. LisaL 6 hrs ago #24

Forward marine units are "killers", you need to look up the definition for questionseverything 8 hrs ago #17

I'm of the same view. pat_k 8 hrs ago #15

You don't consider yanking women around and blocking them in a room serious? EdmondDantes_ 7 hrs ago #20

That is not the "only" serious allegation mcar 6 hrs ago #25

Yes she said it. Times couldn't corroborate. No friends of hers could either. All reported deep in article. Nanjeanne 6 hrs ago #28

So she's lying? mcar 6 hrs ago #30

Misogyny is alive and well. LisaL 6 hrs ago #31

Telling us to move on. Leave it alone mcar 6 hrs ago #33

Yep. LisaL 6 hrs ago #36

Are you accusing DUers of being misogynists? Violet_Crumble 21 min ago #58

No. If it had been me and it happened I would have been gone. Never ok. No other girlfriend had that Nanjeanne 6 hrs ago #32

I am not sure he is succeeding at being a better man. LisaL 6 hrs ago #34

Wasn't that long ago he was blaming women for their rapes mcar 6 hrs ago #35

Yes I believe he addressed that. My suggestion -- don't vote for him. Though I much prefer him in Senate Nanjeanne 6 hrs ago #37

He addressed what? mcar 6 hrs ago #38

Addressed his old Reddit comments. Talks openly of his anger, his self medication with liquor, etc. Nanjeanne 6 hrs ago #41

No kidding MorbidButterflyTat 4 hrs ago #48

Exactly, Planter is not the Cha 1 hr ago #56

Precisely! Thank You!! Cha 1 hr ago #55

No-one thinks you should STFU, though I'd be happy with you getting facts straight... Violet_Crumble 16 min ago #59

I wonder if ANYONE else has made that connection? MorbidButterflyTat 3 hrs ago #52

Yes, I did. And, wrote agouti it on Cha 57 min ago #57

See? Not that bad MorbidButterflyTat 3 hrs ago #51

That would scare the Cha 1 hr ago #54

Some clips from the NYT article mcar 6 hrs ago #23

Yeah the tattoo thing seems to have been flat out lying to the press that he had no idea what it was. EX500rider 4 hrs ago #49

Who else? Maybe her podcast partner, conservative Bethany Mandel from Heritage Foundation and Moms Nanjeanne 4 hrs ago #50

When it was first reported months ago EX500rider 3 hrs ago #53

Janet Mills is still on the ballot I think. This guy reminded me of Fetterman... the vibes. applegrove 6 hrs ago #27

She is, and said she's still running obamanut2012 6 hrs ago #39

Here's Nicolle Wallace's report: Rhiannon12866 6 hrs ago #29

Platner has made his missteps in the past Miami Blue 6 hrs ago #40

Blah blah blah UpInArms 6 hrs ago #42

Some guy on Chris Hayes: MorbidButterflyTat 5 hrs ago #44