Democrats sell their souls to defeat Susan Collins, of all people
Insomuch as it ever did, character matters less now in American politics than ever. Our history is littered with deeply flawed men. Andrew Jackson was wildly corrupt, and JFK had his many thinly veiled issues with women. Heck, Grover Cleveland married a woman 28 years his junior, whom he had known since birth. Scandals are nothing new.
TL;DR
- Graham Platner, a Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, is accused of infidelity, using a hookup app linked to child sex trafficking, fabricating his biography, holding Marxist views, and mocking fallen soldiers.
- Despite these controversies, Democrats are largely supporting Platner against Republican Senator Susan Collins, a moderate with a long record of pro-choice advocacy.
- Collins has a history of supporting abortion rights, voting for large spending packages, and backing gun control legislation, and she voted to impeach President Trump.
- The article posits that the Democratic party's support for Platner, regardless of his character, reveals their true motives and a departure from past expectations of moderate Republicanism.