The troubles Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing (he may have withdrawn by the time you read this) are only a small part of his party’s larger problem.
A week before the deadline to withdraw from the Maine race, a woman has come forward to accuse Platner of sexually assaulting her in 2021. Platner has said any sex he had was “consensual” and denies her charges. This comes on top of his Nazi tattoo and revelations that he sexted women after he was married and apparently has — or had, according to him — a drinking problem.
Democrats are so desperate to win a majority in the House and Senate they were willing to nominate someone they knew had a tainted past. They also can’t separate themselves from attacking President Trump, though he will leave office in January 2029.
Voters deserve to know what Democrats have to offer. Will no reporter ask Democrat candidates if they have an agenda, other than investigating Trump? If they win a majority in one or both chambers, will they do more than investigate and again impeach the president? Those aren’t policies, but retribution.
Will Democrats bow to the surging socialists, defund the police, open prisons and add to the unsustainable $39 trillion debt by increasing spending and raising taxes? What will they do about Iran? Will their hatred of Trump reverse his policy of vowing to never allow the Ayatollah regime to have a nuclear weapon? Education? School choice is sweeping the country, but the ironclad hold the teachers unions have on the party might force Democrats to stick with public schools, even those that are failing to provide a rudimentary education.