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[CW: SA] Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her (www.politico.com)
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Surely this is another GOP psyop! I know some folks on here were sure the last one was, after all

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[โ€“] tocopherol@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I read nearly that comment word for word about him on bluesky, like "who doesn't have flaws? We need some progressives in office!!"

[โ€“] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

I stole some of my joke from this unironic Bluesky post.

There is no "defense" of Platner, there's a recognition that should that oaf win his vote will be valuable.

https://bsky.app/profile/lordbusinessman.bsky.social/post/3mky5tzepns2i

I saw an even better post that was fantastic. I was so certain I'd never forget it that I didn't copy it. I probably started to forget it the very next day. Heh.