Fifield, 41, is the second woman to allege this week that Platner engaged in nonconsensual sexual conduct. Jenny Racicot, 41, who said she previously dated Platner, told The Post and other outlets on Monday that he sexually assaulted her in late 2021, leading a growing number of allies to drop their endorsements and call on him to withdraw from the race for a Maine seat in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), his most influential and prominent supporter, said he spoke with Platner on Tuesday and urged him to withdraw from his campaign to unseat Susan Collins, the incumbent Republican.
Platner, 41, a Marine Corps veteran and oyster farmer, also denied Racicot’s allegation but said on Monday that he was “mindful of the political reality” that the reporting will “inflict” on his campaign and was “taking the time to reflect on the best path forward.”
Fifield initially told The Post about the alleged condom removal during a June 20 interview that was off the record. She said she decided to speak publicly about it Tuesday in part because, she said, she wanted to show that Racicot was not alone in experiencing issues with Platner involving sexual consent.
Sorry, I categorically refuse to provide empathy to someone who was OK dating a nazi mercenary.
I oppose sexual violence, but I won’t waste my feelings on someone who dated a nazi mercenary who was happy killing people that looked like me.
I am also pissed at the establishment for basically the same fucking thing. they supported a literal nazi mercenary and made excuses.
You don’t get to date a nazi mercenary and then act innocent. or even surprised to learn that he was a bad person.
And I refuse to be gaslit by liberal cunts.
He has a nazi tattoos, and was a mercenary, how the fuck did he hide that?
Color me surprised that the rape victim blamer is also a misogynist.
You clearly didn’t read my comment, and how do you know she knows what that tattoo means? I would have no idea that’s a Nazi tattoo. Again, you fully ignored the fact that he raped her, he probably lied too. You just make all these assumptions that she knew exactly what his tattoo meant and she knew exactly what he did in the military and she knew he was a mercenary. How does the cognitive dissonance not bother you?
Also, I’m not a liberal, and don’t call me a cunt. I’m a leftist, and I’m going to afford a rape victim with empathy and not jump through hoops to justify my disgusting prejudice. Read my comment again, and make a response that isn’t just “lalala I’m not listening” with a healthy dose of misogyny on top.
edit: this misuse of gaslit is really the icing on the cake. you’re assuming a woman has psychic knowledge of her abuser’s past, knows what a tattoo means that means absolutely nothing to most people without specific knowledge, and then deciding that the communist woman you’re arguing with is a “liberal cunt” because she disagrees with your misogyny.
Did he lie about his job?
Unless he really lied to her about the tattoo that is clearly visible, and his job, then maybe.
but It kind of hurts that a white women tear is worth a lot more than many brown lives.
That rape shouldn’t have happened because he should have been in jail. Nazi mercenaries have no place in any society. The US failed her by allowing a nazi mercenary to walk free. The establishment democrats failed for endorsing a nazi mercenary. And she failed for thinking that nazi mercenary is just a cute quirk.
He never hid that he was a mercenary. If she thought that being paid to kill people that look like me was a cute trait, then I don’t think I owe her any empathy.
I very much agree, but that isn’t her fault.
I literally agree with you, but you’re reading so much into a relationship you know absolutely nothing about because you cannot separate your resentment of an unjust and racist system and society from the blame of one woman.
Yes, he should have been in jail. Yes, she should not have slept with him, but you have no idea how much she actually knew about him. If she had full knowledge of his history and and understanding of his job and still slept with him, yeah, that’s a poor choice, but she is still a victim.
Regardless, I highly doubt she did have full knowledge of his past and what the obscure tattoo meant. He raped her, he probably lied too, and it kind of sickens me that you find it easier to trust the word of a Nazi mercenary man over a rape victim woman. These kind of people revel in manipulating their way into women’s pants. He slipped his condom off for fuck’s sake!
This woman is a victim, and she’s an asset to your (and my) cause. Stop with the misogynist mental gymnastics and operate on what we actually know, which is that an abuser raped her and she’s facing the full consternation of both Graham’s supporters, and apparently detractors, for that choice.
You need to take a second and redirect your anger. Don’t jump through hoops and make assumptions to justify your gut reaction. You’re absolutely right, it’s 100% unjust that it took this woman’s word when his actions should have been enough, but again, that is not her fault. I am not going to make assumptions for Platner’s benefit. A man that is willing to non-consensually slip off a condom multiple times despite her saying no is absolutely willing to say whatever he needs to to get in a woman’s pants. I highly doubt that he’s going into a hookup and telling his partner “hey, I liked blowing up brown people so much I went back as a mercenary.”
I simply don’t know, and I will not assume, so I will support the victim and be happy that she came out against this person I refuse to support. It should not have taken her word, but I am still glad she did and have a great deal of empathy for a fellow SA victim that was able to come out against her abuser, even though he’s a public figure. I wasn’t able to.
The rape was laying about wearing a condom. still sexual assault, but I don’t think it is even considered a crime in the US. It should be a crime, it should be treated as rape, but it wont. It was considered a joke when it happened to me. Because violence to people that look like me is just a joke.
He had a Nazi tattoo and was a mercenary, not sure you can hide those in a relationship, so unless it was a one off one night stand, and she didn’t inquire about the tattoo then it makes no sense.
I would not make an anti suicide campaign using Eva Braun.
Even if there was no sexual assault I would still blame whoever dates him just for dating him. He never showed remorse and reminisced about being a mercenary on interviews.
No one gets to act surprised that a nazi mercenary is a bad person, not the democratic establishment, not the liberals, and not his ex. You dated a nazi mercenary, what did she expect. And it wasn’t a hook-up, they knew each other for a while from what is sounds like.
Are we so desensitized to nazis that nazi lovers are people we expected to emphasize with?
I am pissed at the establishment, but also pissed that I am expected to feel bad for a nazi lover in a country where people that look like me are treated like subhuman trash.
Why do you keep assuming it’s impossible to hide you’re a Nazi mercenary? Jobs and political beliefs are like, the easiest thing to lie about. Men lie about those constantly to get laid. Conservative talking heads even brag about it because modern women won’t sleep with conservatives. Stop making assumptions and support the rape victim.
Nazi Tattoo
We’ve been over this. The tattoo is not obviously Nazi unless you’re familiar with the racist dogwhistles. Have you seen the tattoo? Its not a swastika or an iron cross, to the average person it just looks like an ordinary tattoo. You’re doing such ridiculous mental gymnastics and going in circles just so you can justify your misplaced victim-blaming resentment.
did he lie about being a mercenary?
No dude, you’re “supposed to” feel bad about a rape victim because you’re a human being and they’re a fucking rape victim.
It’s really that simple. Just stop.
Nazi lives don’t matter