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mcar

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

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 07:31 PM

15 hrs ago

to support him anyway. Because "he's for Medicare for All!!11"

How any times do we have to play this game before some figure it out?

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Endorsements are being withdrawn [View all] sheshe2 16 hrs ago OP

Bernie? senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #1

Not Bernie so far. sheshe2 15 hrs ago #3

Agreed. I was aghast when they endorsed him. We need progressives, GPV 15 hrs ago #33

Sen Warren has now withdrawn her support tishaLA 13 hrs ago #45

maybe he'll write an essay about it Skittles 13 hrs ago #54

And pod guy Jon Favreau (who was instrumental in pushing Platner into prominence) lapucelle 15 hrs ago #2

Wow. sheshe2 15 hrs ago #4

Favreau was such an smug ass to Allison Gill over Platner in late May. She took him to school. lapucelle 15 hrs ago #10

Wow, he is an ass. sheshe2 15 hrs ago #15

mansplaining Skittles 13 hrs ago #47

I guess now Favreau has "some special insight". 😆😅😅😂🤣😅😆 ColoringFool 15 hrs ago #16

Hopefully his attitude towards women has evolved. lapucelle 15 hrs ago #20

Drunken assholes MorbidButterflyTat 13 hrs ago #51

Favreau should be publicly shunned mcar 15 hrs ago #19

Old enough to remember Favreau's disgusting sexism on display re. HRC... PunkinPi 14 hrs ago #40

Dear Goddess, I missed that one. niyad 14 hrs ago #41

This was so predictable. WinningAgain 15 hrs ago #5

NO SHIT Skittles 13 hrs ago #48

This message was self-deleted by its author Pinback 15 hrs ago #6

Sorry, all of that information was out there. People here kept pointing niyad 15 hrs ago #13

Thank you, niyad. sheshe2 15 hrs ago #18

You are most welcome. We did try. niyad 15 hrs ago #25

I kept out of it JustAnotherGen 15 hrs ago #28

I posted a few post regarding him Lifeafter70 14 hrs ago #39

In so very many ways. niyad 14 hrs ago #42

yup Skittles 13 hrs ago #50

I didn't even bother because I knew how what I would have said would have not be well received. Raftergirl 13 hrs ago #53

I stopped posting couldn't handle the response I got Lifeafter70 13 hrs ago #55

CORRECT Skittles 13 hrs ago #49

If collins wins... 2naSalit 15 hrs ago #17

Not just on Platner. On all the people who willfully ignored all the red flags mcar 15 hrs ago #22

The rape apologist posts were on his account for years, only taken niyad 15 hrs ago #7

But see, that was before he started running. LisaL 15 hrs ago #8

Yes, and only Maine voters could speak about him. No one else mcar 15 hrs ago #23

Well, our views should at least count more than those GPV 15 hrs ago #30

Agree. But that doesn't mean others can't offer opinions mcar 15 hrs ago #32

I don't think anyone has to stfu about elections GPV 14 hrs ago #34

it did count more because you could actually vote. LisaL 14 hrs ago #35

But most Platner fans didn't want to hear it. And now here we are. GPV 14 hrs ago #36

Yep, they definitely did not want to hear it. LisaL 14 hrs ago #38

You are correct. 😧 sheshe2 15 hrs ago #11

We were told those post were years ago Lifeafter70 14 hrs ago #43

Our concerns about Patner which we expressed earlier brer cat 15 hrs ago #9

You are 100% correct, brer. sheshe2 15 hrs ago #12

Good thing they aren't members of DU! They'd get a right talking-to! ColoringFool 15 hrs ago #14

He is on bsky. sheshe2 15 hrs ago #26

WTF were these Dems supporting him? mcar 15 hrs ago #21

Very telling, is it not? niyad 15 hrs ago #27

Sprinting towards the exit... lapucelle 15 hrs ago #24

My Rep has withdrawn hers as well. GPV 15 hrs ago #29

Dr. McCoy: GJGCA 15 hrs ago #31

Ritchie Torres for the win... lapucelle 14 hrs ago #37

Ha! sheshe2 14 hrs ago #44

The Platner fanbois shouted down any dissent. WinningAgain 13 hrs ago #46

NOW they get it Skittles 13 hrs ago #52