Dems Have Reached Their Breaking Point w/ Platner

**Nigel** (0:07)
Well, Hammer, it appears the Democrats have reached their breaking point with this guy named Graham Platner. If you don't know who Graham Platner is, let's go to Wikipedia. Because that's always a good gauge. That's always a good source of information and who people that are running for office are. Graham Platner is an American Marine Corvette, oyster farmer, a Democrat politician from Maine. He gained attention after launching a campaign for the US Senate, running on a progressive populist platform on issues such as economic inequality, housing affordability, and finance reform.
You got to scroll down a little bit before you get to the stuff to what I was talking about. More recently, Platner has become the subject of significant controversy. This is according to Wikipedia. During his Senate campaign, reports surfaced... Listen to how they put this.
During his Senate campaign, reports surfaced about his past offensive online posts and a tattoo he later covered up.

**Hammer** (1:12)
A tattoo. Did they go into specifics of said tattoo, Nig?

**Nigel** (1:17)
They didn't give any context in any way, shape, or form. And then they go on to mention that he has been accused of sexual assault. He's categorically denied now.

**Hammer** (1:29)
So if you didn't know anything at all about Graham Platner and you just read that, you thought, well, maybe it was a mighty mouse tattoo. Maybe it was a Cubs World Series champions tattoo. No, no, no, no, no. It was kind of a Nazi tattoo. And this dude has been a train wreck from the beginning. And it's been the gift that keeps on giving to conservatives because everything that the folks on the left say about the Republicans or the conservatives or the MAGA movement, whatever you want to call it.
This guy is the counter argument, all in one convenient body. So the straw that kind of broke the Campbell's back here in terms of him being supported by the party, people like Elizabeth Warren and Boiny Sanders. Right. Bernie was late to the party, but he was the one that pushed this turd on us.
All of them have bailed now because of another sexual assault accuser, not the first, but the first Democrat, Jenny Raycott. And I'm sorry if I'm butchering her last name, but she spoke with CNN's Jake Tapper and says that Platner raped her back in 2021

**Jenny Raycott** (2:51)
He was heavily intoxicated, had intentions with me, and wasn't listening when I said no.

**Jake Tapper** (2:57)
And you were saying no, don't, no, don't, over and over and over.

**Jenny Raycott** (3:02)
I remember, you know, obviously I've had to recall a lot of this. This is something that I tried for many years to forget. But yes, I remember very specifically saying I'm not into this. I remember that the most, sort of saying that the most firmly. I remember specifically him like grabbing at my chest and I like hit his hand and I said, don't touch me. And I remember that during the application.

**Jake Tapper** (3:27)
And then he kept going.

**Jenny Raycott** (3:29)
Yeah.

**Jake Tapper** (3:30)
I know that you have been very reluctant to tell this story. Very reluctant.

**Jenny Raycott** (3:36)
Yeah.

**Jake Tapper** (3:36)
Why did you ultimately decide to do it? Why? Why come forward?

**Jenny Raycott** (3:41)
A few reasons. One of the biggest ones is that I think that there are a lot of men in this world relying on the silence of women.

**Hammer** (3:52)
Now, Nigel, one of the things I'm seeing on social media is, oh, you conservatives that are making fun of Platner and you're laughing at his fall from grace. You were quick to stand up for Brett Kavanaugh when he was facing allegations.
When you look at these specifics of the allegations, Christine Blasey Ford, that chick that looked like Garth from Wayne's World, she had no recollection at all of where the party was, if Brett was there, who was there.

**Nigel** (4:23)
Nobody else did either.

**Hammer** (4:24)
Nobody else did either. There were no memories of Brett Kavanaugh even being there.
This woman dated Platner. She's got specific details and she's the same political party. In that same interview with Jake Tapper, he asked her, would you still want people to vote for him?
And she said, basically, I agree with his politics. I'm not going to tell people what to do with their vote, but I agree with his politics. So this isn't some right wing nut coming out of left field. That's the difference. Now, Graham Platner, he is denying all of this. And to be completely fair, everybody is innocent until proven guilty. But take a listen to this, I'm a scumbag speech, and it doesn't sound good for Graham Platner.