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A woman who<\/span> dated Graham Platner said he sexually assaulted her, allegations that followed the stories of several other women who reported abuse at the hands of Maine\u2019s Democratic nominee for US Senate.\u00a0<\/p>

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The woman, Maine resident Jenny Racicot, provided substantiated details of the alleged incident in a Monday Politico report.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThese allegations are troubling, serious, and false,\u201d Platner responded in a Monday statement. \u201cAny accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue.\u201d<\/p>\n

While several Democrats have begun dropping their endorsements of Platner as their US Senate nominee following Racicot\u2019s credible rape allegations, many have not, as of Tuesday morning. <\/p>\n

The Democrats who have pulled their endorsements since Monday did not do so after several women detailed Platner\u2019s abuse in a June New York Times<\/em> report. Some even campaigned for Platner. Perhaps they believed the Democratic nominee\u2019s repeated denials. Perhaps they simply didn\u2019t care.<\/p>\n

They did not rescind their endorsements when reports revealed Platner\u2019s tattoo of a symbol used by Nazi paramilitary organizations, including Adolf Hitler\u2019s SS police. Perhaps they believed Platner when he dismissedit as just a design he got while drunk with fellow US Marines during his third deployment, or were satisfied when he said he later covered the tattoo. Perhaps they simply didn\u2019t care.<\/p>\n

Prominent voices across the \u201cleft\u2013of\u2013center\u201d political spectrum backed Platner\u2014from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to the hosts of the popular podcast Pod Save America (Both Sanders and Pod Save America have since called on Platner to drop out of the Senate race). Some called the allegations against Platner politically motivated. Many justified their endorsements with Platner\u2019s so-called progressive values and the idea that the party must oust Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to have a better chance at winning a majority in the November midterms.<\/p>

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\u201cWe all say Democrats should fight harder, but what does it mean to fight harder?\u201d Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said at a June campaign event for Platner regarding the effort to flip the Senate. \u201cTo me, it means you show up when an ally who challenges power is under attack.\u201d The event took place one day after the New York Times<\/em> report, which detailed Platner physically assaulting one woman he dated, Lyndsey Fifield, and trapping her in a bedroom during an argument and saying he would rape or kill people he considered a threat. <\/p>\n

One only has to look at the reaction to Platner\u2019s Monday announcement that he would continue his campaign, taking time \u201cto reflect on the best path forward.\u201d Considering his denial of \u201cnon-consensual behavior,\u201d Platner\u2019s statement suggests public relations strategizing rather than accountability. The Senate nominee and others have spread conspiracy theories that political opponents are actively coordinating the allegations. <\/p>\n

But this perspective only considers the good abusive men like Platner can contribute and dismisses the people they abuse. It treats survivors with disdain, devaluing what they add to their communities. It slams shut any pathway to speak out and denies survivors personhood by condemning them for even daring to exercise the right to speak. It forces survivors to feel like they should stay silent due to fear that it could hurt others.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the reasons I didn\u2019t come forward sooner was, the huge moral conflict that I had between supporting his politics, but not supporting him as a person,\u201d Racicot told Politico<\/em>. \u201cI just want the truth out there. I just want people to have a whole scope of who he is as a person.\u201d<\/p>\n

As many have stated, Platner already hurt his chances of becoming a senator with his abuse. The Democratic Party must reckon with how it continued to support an abusive man and prop up a system that allows those in power to skirt responsibility and actively harms survivors. <\/p>

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