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Sexual abuseMs. Fifield also recalled that Mr. Platner’s displays of weaponry and discussions of violence sometimes left her uneasy.

She said he kept an AR-15 lying around his apartment on Capitol Hill, and would sharpen an ax — a relic from his time working on the Appalachian Trail before he enlisted in the Marines — while watching television.

He had what she described as a “warrior ethos” and would fantasize about killing people he deemed a threat, she said. She said he told her thatremoved was about power.

It was something that stuck with her through the years, Ms. Fifield said.

“He said this a lot: If anybody ever broke in here, I wouldremoved them,” she recalled, saying that he added that it would not be in “a sexual way, not in a gay way.”

“He was like, I wouldremoved them to show them that I’m dominant,” she said.

Asked about those remarks, a Platner campaign official did not dispute them. A friend who knew Mr. Platner and Ms. Fifield during that period said the comments sounded out of character.

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[–] THEPH0NECOMPANY@hexbear.net 39 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ms. Fifield, who is affiliated with Independent Women, a conservative group, insisted that her political beliefs had nothing to do with her choice to come forward. She worked briefly on Nikki Haley’s 2024 presidential campaign and before that for the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.

Ok cool main source is someone who works for the fucking fascist Heritage Foundation

Caroline Lemp, who dated Mr. Platner for several months in 2013, described him as a “gentle giant.” She said he never made her feel unsafe or showed any signs that he was struggling with the physical or mental effects of his military service.

“He was a great boyfriend,” said Ms. Lemp, 36, who now lives in St. Louis. “He was super kind, very nice, fun.”

The others, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Mr. Platner was never physically threatening. One, a nurse from Belfast, Maine, who dated him for a couple months after he returned home to Maine, described him as responsible, intelligent and supportive. Another, who dated him in Washington between roughly 2011 and 2013, said she witnessed some “potentially problematic behavior,” referring to his heavy drinking. But she “felt really safe with him,” she said.

Planter has like 400 red flags and is literally the most suss candidate I have ever seen, we don't need to go along with reactionary rags to dunk on him

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

if anything the alleged willingness to brutalize a home invader should make him more appealing to rightwing voters so i don't think the hit is going to accomplish anything.

[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Do homophobic straight guys think being a dominant top makes you straight? This isn't ancient Rome

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

if it's not for sexual gratification. there's all sorts of stories about SA as hazing and bullying in male homosocial spaces and that's usually not lead by evil closeted gays.

[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 1 points 3 days ago

But what Platner described sounds like it'd involve active penetration which'd mean he'd have to be hard

Also being bi is a lot more common than being gay, and I feel like half the frat guys hazing are at least a little bi

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

somehow every one of these smear campaigns is like "ok, this is now the least disgusting thing i know about him"