Platner accuser rakes Sen. Whitehouse over the coals for dismissing her accusations due to politics: Truly pathetic

WASHINGTON — The first woman to publicly accuse disgraced former Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner of abuse admonished skeptic Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, venting that she was “horrified by the dismissive comments” he made about her allegations.Whitehouse (D-RI), once a key champion of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers, dubiously claimed that Fifield lacked corroboration and pointed to her past work in politics.

He doubled down on that Wednesday.“[Sen.Whitehouse], you rushed to publicly condemn me without bothering to get the facts right back in June,” Fifiled posted on X in response to the senator doubling down.“You had over a month to reflect on that mistake, but instead of apologizing or even admitting you were wrong, you chose to double down.

How truly pathetic.”Fifield, who dated Platner from roughly 2013 to 2015, alleged that he once physically yanked her out of a cab and, at another time, twisted her arm behind her back and locked her in a room.Platner had vehemently denied all accusations of physical abuse.Her accusations were featured in a bombshell New York Times story about Platner’s past relationship with women.

But Whitehouse stood by Platner until Jenny Racicot, who supported the horny oyster farmer’s far-left ideology, accused him of rape.“When you’re looking at allegations … [you have] to evaluate things like whether there is corroboration, and with respect to the first accusation, there was none,” Whitehouse told CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper” on Wednesday.CNN anchor Jake Tapper told the senator that there was corroboration and pointed to confidants of Fifield to whom she had conveyed her accusations against Platner at the time his alleged outbursts occurred.“Whether there’s motive to mislead or fabricate.

There was plenty,” Whitehouse added.“The woman was involved in basically a Koch-funded political operation and had specifically been involved in Maine political activities against Plat...