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Well, gee wiz, Sparky, maybe you should ask some of your Democratic comrades about how they went after Mitt Romney for things he did as a high schooler, George W. Bush, multiple Republican Supreme Court justices, and so many more

Amid Mounting Democratic Concern, Platner Says His Past Is Being ‘Weaponized’

Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, moved to quell mounting Democratic anxieties about his candidacy on Friday, telling supporters in a defiant speech that his past behavior was being “weaponized” by his political opponents.

A day after The New York Times reported that three women — a conservative and two Democrats — who had been romantically involved with Mr. Platner described volatile and “toxic” relationships, Mr. Platner addressed a crowd at a theater in Bar Harbor, expressing confidence that Maine voters would stick by him.

“When politically motivated, serious and false accusations are made against me, Maine, you have my back,” Mr. Platner said. “The state of Maine raised me, and the state of Maine saved me, and to all of you out there, Maine, I will always have your back.”

“Now, as every single piece of that past and journey gets dug up, litigated and weaponized, you have my back,” he said.

Mitt Romney cut a kid’s hair and had “binders full of women” (which was totally misconstrued by Dems and their pet media). He didn’t have a Nazi tattoo he boasted about for decades.

Holly Woodworth, a 57-year-old Democrat sitting near the front, said Mr. Platner was the first politician she had seen “in many elections” whom she felt “inspired by.” She said that the allegations had not shaken her support, and that they hadn’t surprised her given how Mr. Platner had previously described going through a dark period after his military service.

Still, she said the stories about Mr. Platner were making her anxious.

“I care whether the Democrats win the majority,” Ms. Woodworth said, expressing concern that revelations about Mr. Platner’s past would drag down his candidacy, and Democrats’ chances of winning the Senate along with it. “I want a change.”

Again, winning is all that matters to most Democrats. Platner could still be talking about how much he loves his Nazi tattoo and they’d still vote for him. A similar article from the Washington Post has

Ro Khanna (D-Ca), who has become a leading advocate in Congress for women who accused disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein of abuse, walked a fine line in his speech defending Platner, saying Platner was not perfect but had owned his mistakes.

“No one should make excuses for his past relationships, some of which were toxic and volatile,” Khanna said. “And no one on our side should attack the women who came forward.”

But Khanna added the United States “broke” young men like Platner, a combat veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, by sending them to war. “If someone felt hurt by Graham in a past relationship, we can listen to them, and we can listen to Graham,” Khanna said.

So, Ro has found a Reason to blow off his advocacy for women to really support Platner. Surprise?