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mcar

(46,466 posts)
25. That is not the "only" serious allegation
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:46 PM
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This is:

But she said he regularly grabbed her by the shoulders — sometimes hard enough to leave marks — and, on one occasion, yanked her out of a cab by her wrist after an argument when she wanted to stay in the car.

During one argument, she recalled, he twisted her arm behind her back, shoved her into a bedroom and held the door closed from the other side so she couldn’t get out, telling her to remain there until she was “calm.” Eventually, Ms. Fifield said, she fell asleep and left the next morning.

“It hurt,” she said. But she added: “It didn’t cause an injury, it didn’t break my arm.”

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3 women, including 1 GOP operative who made serious accusations Justice Thursday #1
I've had bad feelings about him since the beginning of his primary run against Janet Mills... hlthe2b Thursday #2
and it's the talk of faux noise. Ugh...... a kennedy Thursday #3
Of course it is! City Lights Thursday #4
Exactly, but nonetheless we have to deal with it...Dems don't/can't ignore these issues. hlthe2b Thursday #8
Excellent point ! And remember Al Franken vapor2 Thursday #26
I was thinking about Andrew Cuomo today since his Nixie Thursday #5
Franken should never have resigned. pat_k Thursday #14
Thanks for the article Nixie Thursday #46
Jane Mayer is an awesome investigator. pat_k Thursday #47
One said he was well aware it was a nazi tattoo MichMan Thursday #6
Here is NYT article describing his dating history. LisaL Thursday #10
Yes one did. Although no one can corroborate that. And when she mentioned recently it she also said she Nanjeanne Thursday #11
Per NYT, she was posting on the internet that he had a nazi tattoo months before he acknowledged having it. LisaL Thursday #12
New blood is a good thing, but people who have never run for anything cannot be consider fully vetted. pat_k Thursday #7
I kinda dont like it either, but heres the thing: Volaris Thursday #43
"we have to play the ball as it lays" pat_k Thursday #45
I read the whole long NY Times article and still feel like this is a troubled man who had a past that Nanjeanne Thursday #9
Per NYT, she was posting on the internet that he had a nazi tattoo, LisaL Thursday #13
Yes she did a few months before which is when she said she would vote for Collins. My ? Nanjeanne Thursday #16
Platner himself voted for Collins more than once. LisaL Thursday #18
Ok. In the text about saying he had a Nazi tattoo she said she would vote for Collins. And as a Nanjeanne Thursday #19
It sounds like he was a lousy cheating boyfriend, at least to some of his ex-girlfirends. LisaL Thursday #21
You betcha. I wouldn't date him. Nanjeanne Thursday #22
He doesn't sound like a prize as a husband either. LisaL Thursday #24
Forward marine units are "killers", you need to look up the definition for questionseverything Thursday #17
I'm of the same view. pat_k Thursday #15
You don't consider yanking women around and blocking them in a room serious? EdmondDantes_ Thursday #20
That is not the "only" serious allegation mcar Thursday #25
Yes she said it. Times couldn't corroborate. No friends of hers could either. All reported deep in article. Nanjeanne Thursday #28
So she's lying? mcar Thursday #30
Misogyny is alive and well. LisaL Thursday #31
Telling us to move on. Leave it alone mcar Thursday #33
Yep. LisaL Thursday #36
Are you accusing DUers of being misogynists? Violet_Crumble Yesterday #58
No. If it had been me and it happened I would have been gone. Never ok. No other girlfriend had that Nanjeanne Thursday #32
I am not sure he is succeeding at being a better man. LisaL Thursday #34
Wasn't that long ago he was blaming women for their rapes mcar Thursday #35
Yes I believe he addressed that. My suggestion -- don't vote for him. Though I much prefer him in Senate Nanjeanne Thursday #37
He addressed what? mcar Thursday #38
Addressed his old Reddit comments. Talks openly of his anger, his self medication with liquor, etc. Nanjeanne Thursday #41
No kidding MorbidButterflyTat Thursday #48
Exactly, Planter is not the Cha Yesterday #56
Precisely! Thank You!! Cha Yesterday #55
No-one thinks you should STFU, though I'd be happy with you getting facts straight... Violet_Crumble Yesterday #59
I wonder if ANYONE else has made that connection? MorbidButterflyTat Thursday #52
Yes, I did. And, wrote about it on Cha Yesterday #57
See? Not that bad MorbidButterflyTat Thursday #51
That would scare the Cha Yesterday #54
Some clips from the NYT article mcar Thursday #23
Yeah the tattoo thing seems to have been flat out lying to the press that he had no idea what it was. EX500rider Thursday #49
Who else? Maybe her podcast partner, conservative Bethany Mandel from Heritage Foundation and Moms Nanjeanne Thursday #50
When it was first reported months ago EX500rider Thursday #53
Janet Mills is still on the ballot I think. This guy reminded me of Fetterman... the vibes. applegrove Thursday #27
She is, and said she's still running obamanut2012 Thursday #39
Here's Nicolle Wallace's report: Rhiannon12866 Thursday #29
Platner has made his missteps in the past Miami Blue Thursday #40
Blah blah blah UpInArms Thursday #42
Some guy on Chris Hayes: MorbidButterflyTat Thursday #44
David Costello has a great Cha Yesterday #60
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