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2naSalit

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17. If collins wins...

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 07:23 PM

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I'll never forgive that guy, ever, along with those who breathlessly back him and chastised anyone who had misgivings about him.

I didn't think he'd be able to beat collins and got in big trouble here, on DU, for saying so and why I thought that.

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Endorsements are being withdrawn [View all] sheshe2 Monday OP

Bernie? senseandsensibility Monday #1

Not Bernie so far. sheshe2 Monday #3

Agreed. I was aghast when they endorsed him. We need progressives, GPV Monday #33

Sen Warren has now withdrawn her support tishaLA Monday #45

maybe he'll write an essay about it Skittles Monday #54

And pod guy Jon Favreau (who was instrumental in pushing Platner into prominence) lapucelle Monday #2

Wow. sheshe2 Monday #4

Favreau was such an smug ass to Allison Gill over Platner in late May. She took him to school. lapucelle Monday #10

Wow, he is an ass. sheshe2 Monday #15

mansplaining Skittles Monday #47

I guess now Favreau has "some special insight". 😆😅😅😂🤣😅😆 ColoringFool Monday #16

Hopefully his attitude towards women has evolved. lapucelle Monday #20

Drunken assholes MorbidButterflyTat Monday #51

Favreau should be publicly shunned mcar Monday #19

Old enough to remember Favreau's disgusting sexism on display re. HRC... PunkinPi Monday #40

Dear Goddess, I missed that one. niyad Monday #41

This was so predictable. WinningAgain Monday #5

NO SHIT Skittles Monday #48

This message was self-deleted by its author Pinback Monday #6

Sorry, all of that information was out there. People here kept pointing niyad Monday #13

Thank you, niyad. sheshe2 Monday #18

You are most welcome. We did try. niyad Monday #25

I kept out of it JustAnotherGen Monday #28

I posted a few post regarding him Lifeafter70 Monday #39

In so very many ways. niyad Monday #42

yup Skittles Monday #50

I didn't even bother because I knew how what I would have said would have not be well received. Raftergirl Monday #53

I stopped posting couldn't handle the response I got Lifeafter70 Monday #55

CORRECT Skittles Monday #49

If collins wins... 2naSalit Monday #17

Not just on Platner. On all the people who willfully ignored all the red flags mcar Monday #22

The rape apologist posts were on his account for years, only taken niyad Monday #7

But see, that was before he started running. LisaL Monday #8

Yes, and only Maine voters could speak about him. No one else mcar Monday #23

Well, our views should at least count more than those GPV Monday #30

Agree. But that doesn't mean others can't offer opinions mcar Monday #32

I don't think anyone has to stfu about elections GPV Monday #34

it did count more because you could actually vote. LisaL Monday #35

But most Platner fans didn't want to hear it. And now here we are. GPV Monday #36

Yep, they definitely did not want to hear it. LisaL Monday #38

You are correct. 😧 sheshe2 Monday #11

We were told those post were years ago Lifeafter70 Monday #43

Our concerns about Patner which we expressed earlier brer cat Monday #9

You are 100% correct, brer. sheshe2 Monday #12

Good thing they aren't members of DU! They'd get a right talking-to! ColoringFool Monday #14

He is on bsky. sheshe2 Monday #26

WTF were these Dems supporting him? mcar Monday #21

Very telling, is it not? niyad Monday #27

Sprinting towards the exit... lapucelle Monday #24

My Rep has withdrawn hers as well. GPV Monday #29

Dr. McCoy: GJGCA Monday #31

Ritchie Torres for the win... lapucelle Monday #37

Ha! sheshe2 Monday #44

The Platner fanbois shouted down any dissent. WinningAgain Monday #46

NOW they get it Skittles Monday #52