Tuesday was primary day in Maine and three other states, so Maine Democrat Graham Platner’s life of ruin was seemingly unavoidable. While we saw NBC finally get off the sidelines and offer consistent coverage following last week’s allegations by ex-girlfriends in The New York Times, the peacock network gushed Platner’s stormy seas have “energized progressives” and “strengthen[ed] his bond” with them despite a tattoo “some say resembles a Nazi symbol.”
Appearing Wednesday on NBC’s Today, chief Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles gushed “oyster man” Platner’s “series of scandals” have “seem[ed] to strengthen his bond with a Democratic base, and now he’s prepared to take his progressive message into November.”
NBC’s Ryan Nobles gushed on ‘Today’ that Graham Platner’s “a series of scandals” have “seem[ed] to strengthen his bond with a Democratic base, and now he’s prepared to take his progressive message into November” even though Susan Collins has “seiz[ed] on the reports” against him… pic.twitter.com/M6WFRkpRxb
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Nobles even deployed a classic proverbial drinking game word for conservatives as he huffed Republican incumbent Susan Collins has “seiz[ed] on the reports” against Platner.
Seize! Drink!
Along with ignoring the Nazi tattoo, Nobles bragged, “[t]he oyster man and Marine vet has energized progressives despite facing multiple scandals, alluding to the controversies overnight.”
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