Why Democrats Embraced a Platner Time Bomb

“Graham Platner was a walking time bomb long before the on-the-record rape allegation he denied this week,” Axios reports.

“A Nazi tattoo, social media rants, rampant rumors about women: Many Democratic leaders privately feared the Maine Democrat, now their U.S. Senate nominee, could be trouble. But they rationalized their delusions and denialism until it was too late. Now the party has few, if any, good options in one of the nation’s most important Senate races.”

“Platner’s rise and fall shows a key way President Trump has changed Democratic politics. If it means diminishing his power, Democrats are willing to surrender or temporarily ignore their own stated values.”