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lostincalifornia

(5,700 posts)
32. Just compare him to Swalwell's exit. Platner just demonstrated his true personality with
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 11:50 PM
17 hrs ago

his dropping out speech tonight.

He is not an honest person.




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I feel bad for Platner and now I feel bad for the party Tim S 20 hrs ago #1
I'm confused. Sanders told him to withdraw because rapists aren't fit for public office EdmondDantes_ 20 hrs ago #4
Wow! AFAIK, people in this country USED TO BE innocent until proven guilty in a court of law Tim S 20 hrs ago #10
Trump is a rapist JustAnotherGen 20 hrs ago #14
The last time I checked, this isn't a court of law EdmondDantes_ 20 hrs ago #17
"in a court of law", sure krawhitham 17 hrs ago #28
What was the moral stand? sarisataka 20 hrs ago #7
Platner had no moral stand except he was a fraud who lied his way throughout, and then blamed lostincalifornia 17 hrs ago #27
Hint: SANDERS DID TAKE A MORAL STAND. The one who didn't take a moral stand was Platner. lostincalifornia 17 hrs ago #33
Sanders called for Platner to step down. ananda 20 hrs ago #2
That seems to be the issue this person has with Sanders Boo1 17 hrs ago #30
TY, Perhaps Sanders knows something Cha 14 hrs ago #41
TY and so are a lot of Dems! Cha 14 hrs ago #40
I feel bad for us. dem4decades 20 hrs ago #3
"political apparatchiks." sheshe2 20 hrs ago #5
Of course he did. TomSlick 20 hrs ago #6
Thanks. sheshe2 20 hrs ago #9
At the end of his rambling statement, he finally said he was withdrawing. TomSlick 20 hrs ago #11
Thank you, good to know. sheshe2 20 hrs ago #13
Ty, Tom! SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #18
OT, but happy 83,000 post milestone, SheltieLover! Wednesdays 6 hrs ago #57
Ty. I hadn't noticed. Lol SheltieLover 5 hrs ago #58
Someone else has recently been using the term communist a lot sarisataka 20 hrs ago #8
LOL! sheshe2 20 hrs ago #16
I noticed that, too. when I first read Cha 14 hrs ago #42
Of course he did... Insults on Cha 19 hrs ago #19
I know u are busy with the little one. sheshe2 18 hrs ago #23
Thank You! I will remember Cha 18 hrs ago #25
He is incredible! sheshe2 17 hrs ago #26
lol... I tried to .. I was ready but Cha 15 hrs ago #36
Oh no! sheshe2 14 hrs ago #38
Lol! Yes Toshi is an excellent Cha 14 hrs ago #44
Wow! sheshe2 14 hrs ago #45
Of course he did... Insults on Cha 19 hrs ago #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Cha 19 hrs ago #19
Of course he did... Insults on Cha 19 hrs ago #20
What with totenkopfs and apparatchiks, is he from the first half of the 20th century? betsuni 15 hrs ago #37
Looks like it and he is welcome to return there. sheshe2 14 hrs ago #39
Now Republicans can go back to asking themselves why they keep supporting Epstein's best buddy Trump RoeVWade 20 hrs ago #12
I feel bad for his voters leftstreet 20 hrs ago #15
Yet he goes out trashing the party radical noodle 8 hrs ago #55
... littlemissmartypants 18 hrs ago #24
+++ lostincalifornia 17 hrs ago #29
Mahalo, pants☮️💙 Cha 15 hrs ago #35
Mahalo, Cha. 👍🤓 littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago #47
This was a horrible speech LetMyPeopleVote 17 hrs ago #31
Just compare him to Swalwell's exit. Platner just demonstrated his true personality with lostincalifornia 17 hrs ago #32
His drop out speech... sheshe2 14 hrs ago #43
Me too. Voted 1st for Janet Mills, second for GP OAITW r.2.0 17 hrs ago #34
The man is absolutely insufferable. lapucelle 10 hrs ago #46
talk about a sore loser eShirl 10 hrs ago #48
Post removed Post removed 10 hrs ago #49
bye eShirl 10 hrs ago #50
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I feel bad that he is a mess. I feel bad for his wife. I feel bad GPV 9 hrs ago #52
Lawrence was great last night LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #53
I feel bad for the dem voters in Maine. Platner? flvegan 9 hrs ago #54
I strongly supported the message, not the messenger; apparently, too many Democrats hated both. sop 8 hrs ago #56
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