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In reply to the discussion: The Platner allegations appear to be an astro-turf campaign from Republican activists... [View all]AloeVera
(4,548 posts)30. That he never laid a hand on them.
Never hit or otherwise cause injury or bruises.
The GQP operative said he once grabbed her wrist to pull her out of a car and it hurt.
A Democrat said he showed up at her house drunk. It made her feel unsettled.
An anonymous Democrat said he made her FEEL like " collateral damage".
One of them said he was a "womanizer".
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The Platner allegations appear to be an astro-turf campaign from Republican activists... [View all]
AStern
Friday
OP
If that is our most promising candidate, I wouldn't want to see a least promising one.
LisaL
Friday
#8
As far as his defenders are concerned, they stopped being Democrats when they dared to speak up about domestic violence.
Lancero
Friday
#13
All you have to do is read Fifield's Twitter feed. It's frightening to see her retweeting Stephen Miller, a true Nazi.
Nanjeanne
Friday
#14
I feel much better knowing that Mark Judge has come to Fifield's defense. He's the Kavanaugh pal that was also accused
Nanjeanne
Friday
#18
Graham Platner's anti-Israel fixation in the Maine Senate race may be motivation too.
PufPuf23
Friday
#24
Why are you literally posting links to an official NRSC (National Republican Senatorial Committee) hit piece on a Dem?
Celerity
Yesterday
#25
You understood my point. When I made response #33, did not see this post by you.
PufPuf23
22 hrs ago
#34