Honestly kind of stunned he actually dropped out. After all the Nazi shit came out and he didn't budge, I thought maybe he had some of that Teflon Don sauce going for him. Guess not. Bye loser!

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 51 points 2 days ago (3 children)

i'd bet money he could've been all "nah i'm staying in, blue no matter who" and been fine.

it's some 40k shit where he's only vulnerable to it because he thinks he is.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 45 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Or he's done more and he's sincerely afraid he would face prison for it. The nazi has a closet full of horrible shit he's done that we'll never know.

[–] cricbuzz@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

Soldiers facing prison for SA or worse? If The Fort Bragg Cartel taught me anything it's that guys like that get promotions

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

smdh the boyz forgot to paint themselves blue for good luck

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A number of his erstwhile defenders were angry and felt misled by the sexual assault allegation Monday, the breaking point for his allies. Platner had promised Democrats there wouldn’t be stories of that nature coming out, two people with knowledge of the assurances told NBC News.

Take anonymous sources with a grain of salt, of course. But it seems like this was the red line for the other social democrats who had endorsed him, possibly because he had reassured them he didn't have these specific skeletons in his closet, after all his other scandals. Even if plenty of his supporters were ready to go full MAGA for him, I'm not sure he'd survive all those figures calling for him to drop out.

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

oh wow. my "i swear i have never done any SA shirt" etc etc

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Libs going around like, "There were no red flags" meanwhile his closest political allies were like, "You never SA'd anybody... right?"

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago

greeting everyone i meet with strong eye contact, a firm handshake, and a vehement denial of any sexual misconduct

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 35 points 2 days ago

I dunno how conspiratorial I want to get but the tattoo coverup or lack thereof and the merc work had me fairly convinced he was basically a MIC plant to get ahead of the democrats moving leftward

Like I’m fully convinced the pentagon has its own electoral manipulation wing and guys like Platner come out of it

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago

It's not surprising if you understand that Maine voters in the Democratic primary literally didn't care or were happy to excuse it, he won his election in a landslide