Democrats have justified bad male behavior for a long time.

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13. our party is nothing else but a coalition of those interests people are defending here

...and whatever Swalwel did in his personal life, that did not manifest itself in legislative efforts that reflected his bad behavior.

Moreover, it's just not credible to tar the party with candidates who run for office or get elected who are revealed as flawed, corrupt, or compromised by their behavior.

In this case, you only need look at the size of the state where some voters nominated Platner to represent them in the election. It's not at all representative of the myriad number of voters who comprise the Dem party, nor does it purport to be.

Not to mention the pushback that has come from party regulars around the nation to this nomination.