Ethics? Civility? Courtesy? Respect? Democrats talk about these things a lot. They just do not follow them
WATCH: Chuck Schumer sidesteps Platner scandals, confirms support for controversial Dem
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., ignored persistent questions about controversies surrounding Democrat Graham Platner and reaffirmed his support for the embattled Senate candidate.
Platner, a Marine veteran and oyster farmer, has faced a series of controversies in recent weeks, including criticism over a tattoo with links to Nazi imagery, resurfaced Reddit posts where he made inflammatory comments about veterans and reports about sexually explicit messages exchanged with other women during his marriage.
Speaking with journalists in the Capitol on Tuesday, Schumer was pressed on whether he, as the top Senate Democrat, is satisfied with Platner’s explanations of the scandals dogging his campaign. In response, he said, “I met with Graham Platner today, we’re going to beat [Sen.] Susan Collins and take back the Senate.”
Schumer was asked several more times whether he still supports Platner in the face of the scandals considering his endorsement came before all the controversy. He was also asked whether Democrats’ backing of Platner undermines the party’s credibility in criticizing Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who has faced some similar scandals.
The New York senator did not respond to these questions directly. Instead, he repeated: “We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate.”
And then he tried to get reporters to ask other questions. One should have asked “You’re a Jew. You talk about respect for Jewish people. Yet you’re essentially supporting a guy who had a Nazi tattoo, who knew what that tattoo meant, and hates Israel and Jews. How is it possible to support Platner?”
Dems have spent a decade calling Trump Hitler in waiting, a Nazi, a Fascist. Yet, Dems will mostly not say anything against Platner, since winning the Maine Senate race is more important than any sort of consistency of belief. Because, at the end of the day, their only true belief is power.
Chuck Schumer is just another beadyeyed kapo.