https://twitchy.com/category/us-politics/feed/Who Said Whaten-usWed, 08 Jul 2026 06:03:37 -0400<![CDATA[Democrats sure do scream ‘democracy’ a lot. But they’re the first to abandon it when power is at stake. The Democrat Party has been fine with Graham Platner’s scandalous past, including his Nazi tattoo on his chest. They’ve justified or outright ignored it all. That was until he was accused of sexual assault by a Democrat. Now that Democrats fear they won’t beat Susan Collins for a Senate seat in Maine, out goes democracy. Republican Scott Jennings explained twice on CNN Tuesday why Democrats are stuck with Platner if they truly believe in democracy and the will of their voters.]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:21:00 -0400<![CDATA[Warren Squire]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[CNN]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Scott Jennings]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Susan Collins]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2026/07/08/scott-jennings-party-of-democracy-is-willing-to-subvert-will-of-their-own-voters-to-ditch-graham-platner-n2430023<![CDATA[Jen Psaki takes her MS NOW job of supporting and promoting her fellow Democrats very seriously. In June, she was doing her Democrat duty of dismissing Graham Platner’s scandals by trying to paint him as a victim. She echoed Platner’s ridiculous defense. Of course, more scandals have emerged since then, including a recent rape allegation.]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:08:00 -0400<![CDATA[Warren Squire]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Jen Psaki]]><![CDATA[MSNBC]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Susan Collins]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2026/07/08/jen-psaki-graham-platner-campaign-operative-flasback-n2430015<![CDATA[With new scandals breaking, Democrat Chris Murphy of Connecticut says that Graham Platner can no longer be his party’s Senate nominee in Maine. He says his party needs an open and transparent process to replace Platner with a different candidate. Good luck getting Platner to resign. The Democrat Party is most likely stuck with the Nazi-tattooed socialist who is battling rape allegations. Murphy says the Democrat Party’s alleged remaining credibility is at stake. Oh, that’s absolutely Hitlarious!]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:15:00 -0400<![CDATA[Warren Squire]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Chris Murphy]]><![CDATA[Connecticut]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2026/07/08/chris-murphy-democrat-party-credibility-graham-platner-replacement-hypocrisy-n2430019<![CDATA[The Democrats sure are nominating some winners for Congress, and the scary part is that they'll probably all win their races, coming from deep-blue districts where rich white college kids are excited to vote for Democratic Socialists. New York's Darializa Avila Chevalier nuked her old social media posts, and so did Michigan Democrat front-runner Abdul El-Sayed. He told CNN's Kasie Hunt last week that he deleted old tweets supporting the Defund the Police movement because they were taken “out of context,” calling them “clickbait in D.C.”]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:00:50 -0400<![CDATA[Brett T.]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Michigan]]>https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/07/07/new-audio-casts-doubts-on-abdul-el-sayeds-claim-he-never-called-to-defund-the-police-n2430009<![CDATA[When Mario Nawfal reported on Monday morning that Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner had abruptly canceled two town halls scheduled for Monday night, he described Platner as "DSA-backed."]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:00:26 -0400<![CDATA[Brett T.]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/07/07/politico-correspondent-clarifies-how-graham-platner-is-not-dsa-backed-n2429999<![CDATA[We've heard from Jill Filipovic and Charles Blow that there are two different playing fields with the Republicans and the Democrats. Democrats require their candidates to be "perfect," and if there's any suggestion they're not, the party drops them as it has Platner. Republicans have no such standards.]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:00:22 -0400<![CDATA[Brett T.]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Ken Paxton]]><![CDATA[Texas]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/07/07/after-latest-platner-scandal-bill-kristol-notes-the-gop-nominated-ken-paxton-n2430003<![CDATA[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?]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:30:52 -0400<![CDATA[Brett T.]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/07/07/hot-take-if-platner-was-blackout-drunk-how-do-we-know-she-didnt-rape-him-n2430010<![CDATA[Sunny Hostin is standing by her man no matter what the rest of the Democrat Party might be doing.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:00:40 -0400<![CDATA[justmindy]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Sunny Hostin]]><![CDATA[The View]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/07/07/sunny-hostin-supports-graham-platner-n2430012<![CDATA[We knew this was coming; we just weren't sure from whom. Appearing as a guest on Katy Tur's show on MS NOW, New York Times columnist Charles Blow assured us that he took the sexual assault allegations against Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner very seriously and wanted to hear more from his accuser. But, echoing Jill Filipovic's claim that Democrats see credible rape allegations as disqualifying, while Republicans "continue to have a nearly unlimited tolerance for abusing women," Donald Trump was elected after being found civilly liable for sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll, and Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice after we all heard Christine Blasey Ford's "compelling testimony" that she had been raped.]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:30:12 -0400<![CDATA[Brett T.]]>https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/07/07/nyt-columnist-charles-blow-defends-platner-staying-in-the-race-citing-brett-kavanaugh-n2430000<![CDATA[An abortion's biggest fan, Jill Filipovic, is patting herself and her fellow Democrats on the back for how much better they are than Republicans. They did decide to dump Platner (finally!) after a Nazi tattoo, a DUI, lying about how he purchased his home, credible accusations of domestic violence against an intimate partner, a rape claim and having an account on a social media site rife with child predators. She seems to think they deserve applause for that.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:00:06 -0400<![CDATA[justmindy]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Kamala Harris]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/07/07/jill-filipovic-dems-believe-women-republicans-dont-n2430005<![CDATA["Believe women," right? That's what the Democrats told us. Minnesota lieutenant governor and Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan, who also goes by her tribal name of Gizhiiwewidamoonkwem, or Speaking Loud Voice Woman, joined the other Democrats in calling for Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner to step aside. By the way, she calls Platner's Democratic accuser Jenny Racicot just "Jenny," like they're BFFs now.]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:30:52 -0400<![CDATA[Brett T.]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Minnesota]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/07/07/i-believe-jenny-mn-lt-gov-peggy-flanagan-now-believes-a-woman-n2430006<![CDATA[We love America, and we believe in America. Sometimes, however, when people argue that America is no longer a serious country, it can be difficult to counter that argument with the knowledge that there is a federal judge in the United States who goes by the name of ... Sparkle.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Grateful Calvin]]><![CDATA[Arizona]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Judges]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]>https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2026/07/07/dulling-her-sparkle-congressman-files-articles-of-impeachment-against-biden-activist-judge-n2429997<![CDATA[Supporters for Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner have been dropping like flies over the past two days. All of the Democrats who were willing to stick with him despite the Nazi tattoo and the Lyndsey Fifield allegations are withdrawing their endorsements. Why? Because, as Bulwark founder Sarah Longwell made clear, Democrats want to win, and they're less certain they can do that now with a damaged candidate. If Platner's poll numbers were holding steady, it would be a different ballgame.]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:30:51 -0400<![CDATA[Brett T.]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/07/07/graham-platner-superfan-bernie-sanders-recommends-graham-platner-step-aside-n2430008<![CDATA[Once again, thank Heavenly Father this guy didn't beat Ron DeSantis for Florida Governor. What a different world it might be right now.]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:00:36 -0400<![CDATA[justmindy]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Florida]]><![CDATA[Ron DeSantis]]>https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/07/07/andrew-gillum-arrested-for-drug-possession-n2429993<![CDATA[Listen, if someone was unable to see the red flags Graham Platner was swinging around, they were being willfully obtuse.]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:30:08 -0400<![CDATA[justmindy]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Politico]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/07/07/michelle-goldberg-lessons-from-graham-platner-n2429992<![CDATA[There is so much egg being splattered all over the faces of the leftists in politics and media over Graham Platner, we may need a whole new generation of chickens to keep the price in grocery stores from skyrocketing.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Grateful Calvin]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[The Bulwark]]><![CDATA[The New York Times]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2026/07/07/the-bulwarks-sarah-longwell-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-about-democrats-and-graham-platner-n2429991<![CDATA[As Twitchy readers know, Stephen King was standing by his guy Graham Platner even after the latest allegations came out about the Nazi-tattoo'd predator. We'd show you his post but it seems the so-called MASTER OF HORROR deleted it ...]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sam J.]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Justice Clarence Thomas]]><![CDATA[Justice Amy Coney Barrett]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/07/07/stephen-king-tries-backpedaling-on-his-graham-platner-support-but-x-aint-havin-any-of-it-n2430002<![CDATA[Oh, dear. Democrats have a very large, Nazi-tattoo, predator-shaped problem, one that most of them have endorsed even after hearing about the tattoo, the comments, the Kik account, and of course, the sexual assault allegations from Lyndsey Fifield that they IGNORED because she's an evil conservative.]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:40:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sam J.]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Mike Lee]]><![CDATA[Ruben Gallego]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/07/07/mike-lee-triggers-gallego-n2429989<![CDATA[A Midtown Manhattan high rise is showing signs of structural failure and has forced the evacuation of the building and multiple nearby structures.]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:15:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sam J.]]><![CDATA[CBS News]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Government Shutdown]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[New York]]>https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/07/07/midtown-manhattan-skyscraper-on-verge-of-collapse-n2429996<![CDATA[The Daily Beast ran a sleazy hit piece accusing Texas Rep. Brandon Gill of deliberately cutting his Indian-American wife, Danielle D’Souza Gill, out of a family-values campaign photo — complete with absurd 'white supremacist' smears — in a pathetic bid to paint the conservative congressman as some kind of hypocrite.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:55:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sam J.]]><![CDATA[Conservatism]]><![CDATA[Fake News]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]><![CDATA[Texas]]><![CDATA[Brandon Gill]]>https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/07/07/brandon-gill-daily-beast-n2429978