Platner Accuser Says He Stopped To ‘Apologize,’ Then Raped Her Anyway
Progressive policy ambitions meet practical realities as Americans weigh costs and consequences.
The detail that stops you cold isn't the accusation itself, it's the specificity of it. A man pausing mid-assault to say sorry, then continuing anyway, is not the kind of thing most people invent. That doesn't settle guilt or innocence in a court of law, but it should settle something in the Democratic Party's strategy meetings, and so far it hasn't.
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Jenny Racicot, 41, said during a CNN interview that aired Monday that Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, a Democrat, had stopped briefly to apologize while he was raping her. Racicot described the scenario to CNN anchor Jake Tapper, claiming that Platner had appeared to be “blackout drunk” when he came into her house — and
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The detail that stops you cold isn't the accusation itself, it's the specificity of it. A man pausing mid-assault to say sorry, then continuing anyway, is not the kind of thing most people invent. That doesn't settle guilt or innocence in a court of law, but it should settle something in the Democratic Party's strategy meetings, and so far it hasn't.
Platner is still the nominee. Still raising money. Still getting quiet nods from national Democrats who spent years telling us to believe women, no exceptions, no caveats. Jenny Racicot went on CNN and told Jake Tapper this story on camera, using her real name, and the response from Platner's allies has mostly been silence dressed up as due process.
We're not interested in re-litigating who gets to demand resignations and who doesn't. We just notice the pattern. When the accused belongs to the other side, the rules are strict and immediate. When it's their own candidate in a winnable Senate race, suddenly everyone remembers nuance exists.
Maine voters deserve better than a party that discovered patience at the worst possible moment.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.