It's important that Michael Tracey began his post with the words "serious question," because there's no way we'd take him seriously otherwise. Tracey thinks he's found a hole in Jenny Racicot's story of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner sexually assaulting her while he was drunk. If he really was "blackout drunk," how do we know Racicot didn't rape Platner?
No, really.
Serious question: if he was really "blackout drunk," how do we know she didn't rape HIM? https://t.co/7qjRMvUBDa
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) July 7, 2026
https://t.co/fwfdIiHRxf pic.twitter.com/iZq0JyGddj
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) July 7, 2026
He breaks into her house drunk AF and she rapes him?
— 𝔻𝕦𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝔻𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕠𝕟 (@dutchdalton992) July 7, 2026
That sequence makes sense to you
Well, he said that he'd rape any home invaders, but not in a gay way.
It may sound weird to rape a home invader but she may have taken Platner's advice on what to do in this situation
— Rational Thinker 69 (@Rationalist69) July 7, 2026
Because part of the allegation is that he broke into her house. What the heck Michael??
— Megan Basham (@megbasham) July 7, 2026
It would actually boost your credibility if you didn’t reflexively defend literally every single sexual abuser. But this helpfully reveals what kind of person you are.
— Isaac Barrington (@IsaacBarrington) July 7, 2026
Wow. New levels of blame the victim.
— RW Evans (@FakeAngelof) July 7, 2026
Do you not hear how absurd and insane you are?
Wait. You haven’t deleted this yet? Disgusting.
— Joe (@JoeyRich111) July 7, 2026
Wow... pretty low accusing a woman who was raped of being the antagonist.
— 210m (@210m) July 7, 2026
You've been crashing out on this for 18 hours, might be time to log off, touch grass and attempt to keep a shred of credibility.
It's just impossible that you don't know how slimy this is.
— stephenf (@emncaity) July 7, 2026
Saying “serious question” does not a serious question make
— Charles Bramesco (@intothecrevasse) July 7, 2026
That's what I'm saying! Sounds like he was trying to sleep it off and she jumped his bones!
— Anthony Wolf 🇺🇸🌲 (@awolf_2049) July 7, 2026
He should stay in the race and make that the campaign motto. Go for it.
— Chris DeMuth Jr (@ChrisDeMuthJr) July 7, 2026
Good thing you prefixed this with serious question else we might think you were just trolling.
— Beans Morocco (@neiltwit) July 7, 2026
I don't actually think this question is serious at all, Michael.
— Seth Goldsmith (@Seth__Goldsmith) July 7, 2026
There it is. Was waiting for the victim blaming during your crash out. Seems it’s arrived as intended.
— MegaLib (@MoreMoxie) July 7, 2026
DARVO
— Curioser and Curiosest (@Curioserrr) July 7, 2026
"Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender"
Wow, yeah, mic drop. You really showed ‘em, champ.
— Charles Repine (@DistrictDawg) July 7, 2026
Platner was too drunk to consent to sex after he broke into her home, so yes, perhaps she raped him, and he's the victim in all of this. Best argument yet.
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