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Here’s the interesting thing. Trumps “locker room talk” was excused and straight up described sexual assault. Platner, what I’ve seen so far, is a marine joking with dark military humor…. Why is locker room talk ok but not military humor?

Tens of millions of us didn't "excuse" Trump's "locker room talk." As for Platner, blaming rape victims for their assaults, accusing Black people of being cheap & getting a Nazi tattoo & then lying about knowing its significance for 18 years isn't "dark military humor."

Obviously Platner making those comments isn’t nearly as bad as actually *committing* sexual assault/etc like Trump did, but it sure as hell shouldn’t be shrugged off either. And he wasn’t just a “dumb kid” either. He was making some of the offensive comments less than 5 yrs ago, in his late 30s.

I appreciate the willingness to call out- rather than use - bad behavior. One question is whether DT voters will vote for Platner. The second is how did we get here? The most important, How do we get out of here? Excuses do not help us.

They are counting on Maine Trump voters to cross over and vote for Platner…

Good luck with that.

like how can anything platner has done outdo Trump or GOP? Why Dems have to have purity tests ? they only hurt themselves with that. I don’t think any Trump voters will give a rats ass about how pure Platner is and Dems shouldn’t either. Its about winning.