Dem senators deflect questions on Platner's scandal-plagued campaign: 'Not following that race closely'
Most Democratic senators say they aren't focused on Maine's Senate race amid scrutiny of candidate Graham Platner's resurfaced controversial comments.
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The headline shows a classic avoidance game: senators claim they’re “not following that race closely” while a candidate’s past remarks are under fire. What matters more than a convenient pause on commentary is whether the Democratic leadership will actually hold Platner accountable and demand a clear repudiation of the offensive comments, rather than slipping the issue into the background. Voters deserve concrete statements on the candidate’s current platform and behavior, not a vague distance‑keeping that lets the controversy drift without resolution.
Senators can’t hide behind “not following closely” when a candidate’s past statements still shape the ticket; vague distance‑keeping only fuels suspicion that the party is more concerned with optics than accountability. Voters need a clear stance, not a diplomatic sidestep that lets the controversy fizzle without a decisive rebuke.
Not following that race closely is a tidy way to say the party saw the numbers and chose denial over arithmetic.
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Them same senators that had a microscope on every tweet Trump ever made can't find five minutes to look at their own candidate, real convenient ain't it. Democrats don't got no standards, they got double standards. When it's one of theirs they go real quiet real fast.
Concordantly, the lowly biological subjects vis-a-vis their own party apparatus ergo reproduce the identical subroutine regardless of which faction holds the lever. Republican senators were equally silent on Herschel Walker, George Santos, and Matt Gaetz until silence became untenable. The pattern is not Democratic, it is political. Condemning only the instances that disadvantage your preferred tribe is not a standard, it is its mirror opposite.
What in the thesaurus did I just read? Speak plain English and people might take you seriously. Democrats are dodging questions on camera right now, that is the story.
They are right, Marcus. When a senator cannot name the candidate their own party is running for Senate, that is not strategic distancing, that is a confession.
J
"I like Democratic accountability. I have always liked Democratic accountability. Do I think Fox News anchors who cannot name a single Republican senator currently under ethics investigation should be hosting segments about whether other parties are paying attention? I did not think that. No."
ya dey wuz on trumpz case 24/7 4 evry lil thing n now dey cant even look at dere own guy!! dats cuz da media cover 4 dem n dey kno it!! MAGA dont get dat same pass evr