Hakeem Jeffries dodges key questions about Graham Platner: Hes going to have to speak for himself

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday dodged key questions about scandal-scarred Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner, saying the fellow Dem and horny oyster farmer has to answer for himself.Platner, who is married and faces a primary-election race Tuesday, was hit early on with revelations of a Nazi-linked tattoo and cheating-by-sext.Then last week came allegations of deeply disturbing behavior toward female partners and him harboring fantasies about raping home intruders.“I haven’t followed these allegations closely, but what I have said is that violence against women in any way, shape or form is unacceptable,” Jeffries (D-NY) told Fox News’ “The Sunday Briefing,” referring to some of the explosive accusations against Platner that grabbed national headlines.“It’s a red line, and nobody should cross that,” Jeffries said.

“Any accuser who comes forward has to be treated with dignity and respect.”Pressed on the host of Platner’s other scandals, the Brooklyn Dem demurred.“He’s going to have to speak for himself, and that’s what any candidate, particularly in a high-profile race, is going to be called upon to do,” Jeffries said.The New York Times detailed last week’s disturbing accusations from several former girlfriends that Platner was very toxic toward them during their time together, with one alleging his twisted rape threats.Ex-gal pal Lyndsey Fifield claimed that the Dem pol yanked her out of a cab during an argument and later “twisted her arm behind her back” before locking her in a bedroom for a night.Fifield, 40, also alleged that Platner boasted how he would rape anyone who broke into his home.“He said this a lot: ‘If anybody ever broke in here, I would rape them,’ ” said Fifield, who dated the Maine candidate from 2013 to 2015.“He was like, ‘I would rape them to show them that I’m dominant,’ ” she told the Times, adding that Platner would clarify that he wouldn’t be raping the hypothetical ...