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In reply to the discussion: I just want to make one thing clear about the Maine Senate race [View all]1WorldHope
(2,251 posts)33. Accused, but not yet tried.
Haven't you learned yet that this is how dirty they play? They don't care who gets hurt if they win. They don't care if we live or die. Look, I have been raped and I am willing to allow the courts to proceed. Not my job.
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Except if we start supporting rapists, then our core values aren't about protecting victims
EdmondDantes_
8 hrs ago
#39
Wasn't it Bernie and Elizabeth Warren that were the main ones advocating for him?
MichMan
8 hrs ago
#42
One that is likely to withdraw in the next few days, and removed from the ballot?
MichMan
4 hrs ago
#53
Unfortunately, that's the political bar we have to set if we hope to win back control of the Senate.
sop
9 hrs ago
#17
Unfortunately, I think many on our side have learned the opposite lesson they should've learned...
FascismIsDeath
9 hrs ago
#18
Well I was being polite... Platner should've been ran out of town, so to speak, the moment the tattoo story broke.
FascismIsDeath
6 hrs ago
#49
It is ironic and terrible how voting for a lilely rapist actuslly takes more power away from rapists.
SSJVegeta
10 hrs ago
#10
Another democratic vote in the senate would take more power away from a rapist
SSJVegeta
9 hrs ago
#22
Accused, tried and convicted by the internet. Sounds like the Republican play book to me.
flashman13
8 hrs ago
#36
If this is a chance for him to step aside for someone who can win more easily...
AdamGG
8 hrs ago
#31
The only thing I want to hear about Platner is if you are a Mainer you will vote for him.
flashman13
8 hrs ago
#34