The New York Times set up Graham Platners ex to make him look better, so now what, we dont believe all women?

This should be the political bombshell of the season, but it was delivered in bubble wrap.Yesterday the New York Times published an investigative piece on Graham Platner, a political newcomer in Maine poised to nab the Democratic nomination for the upcoming Senate race.Despite containing serious accusations of physical abuse and more evidence that he lied about his Nazi tattoo for 17 years, it was presented in an incredibly passive manner.Most of his alleged damning acts were buried so deep in the story, you needed an excavator to get there.The rather charitable headline read, “Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior,” when it should have said “Ex-Girlfriend says Platner was physically abusive, locked her in a room.”But hey, it’s not a Republican candidate.It is a Republican accuser — the source of a recurring objection by many former members of the “believe all women” cult.Lyndsey Fifield, a now married 40-year-old who worked in Conservative activism, dated the veteran on and off for roughly two years starting in 2013.She described the volatile relationship, in which he would drink and get rough in ways that would frighten her.

Among other disturbing claims, he referred to women’s genitalia as “hatchet wounds.”But another woman, who dated him for “several months” told The Times, he was “super kind, very nice, fun.”Deep.Compare this story to the tireless effort to bury Brett Kavanaugh after President Trump nominated him to the Supreme Court in 2018.The hit job was a coordinated effort from the Democratic party and the media, which collectively ran with the most ridiculous accusations and presented them in such a high-octane manner they came across like a monster truck radio ad.Christine Blasey Ford claimed he sexually assaulted her in high school.And a random lady named Julie Swetnick alleged Kavanaugh and his friends were basically running rape gangs out of a beach house.Nearly every outlet lapped up t...