As liberal media outlets and the Democratic Party continue damage control around their Graham Platner disaster, this Wednesday, NewsNation’s On Balance host Leland Vittert instead asked the most important question: Why did Democrats allow Platner to get this far?
Recalling the countless other scandals leading up to the bombshell rape accusations that dropped on Tuesday, Vittert criticizes the Democrats for supporting a candidate with so many different scandals, especially when they were aware that more scandals were likely to come:
Democrats in Maine overwhelmingly voted for him. They knew about the Nazi tattoo, they knew about the domestic violence. They knew about the racist posts online. They, along with all of the other Democrats who endorsed him, knew about the rape fantasies online. If you fantasize about raping someone, you might have raped somebody.
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