WEBVTT - There's Some 14 things About Platner

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Bet, I will say this seriously. I'm beginning

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<v Speaker 1>to wonder whether we're about to have something inner popular culture,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a new euphemism of oyster farming. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>what is my scoundrel husband doing. Oh, he's oyster farming.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, this guy has a potential to like set

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<v Speaker 1>a term that is going to last well beyond the

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<v Speaker 1>main Senate race. And if Saturday Night Live actually did comedy,

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<v Speaker 1>they would have an entire skin on oyster farming like

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<v Speaker 1>it fries out voice.

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<v Speaker 2>You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.

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<v Speaker 3>Good Tuesday morning. It's nice to have you with us

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<v Speaker 3>on the forty seven Morning Update. Many of you have

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<v Speaker 3>asked me why exactly Grand Platner is such a controversial candidate.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, in Maine, you.

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<v Speaker 3>Need to know, especially what he's all about, and I

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<v Speaker 3>hope all of you will share it. We've got a

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<v Speaker 3>top list of the fourteen things you need to know

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<v Speaker 3>about grand Platner. It's a forty seven Morning Update and

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<v Speaker 3>it starts right now.

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<v Speaker 4>Story number one.

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<v Speaker 3>We're going to start with Maine's front running democrat, the

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<v Speaker 3>US senicnic Graham Nazi tattoo Platner. Here's a man that

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<v Speaker 3>Democrats have just completely been infatuated with, and the corporate

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<v Speaker 3>media they love him. They don't care what he does,

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<v Speaker 3>they don't care about his background, they don't care about

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<v Speaker 3>his history, they don't care about the scandals until the

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<v Speaker 3>last twenty four hours. Why for one reason, because he's

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<v Speaker 3>a Democrat. And if you say you're a Democrat, you

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<v Speaker 3>can do and be and just about anything you want. Right,

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<v Speaker 3>you don't even have to know what a man is

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<v Speaker 3>or what a woman is. The Democrats will stand by you.

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<v Speaker 3>The more radical you actually are. The corporate media will

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<v Speaker 3>also stand by you, unless the Democratic Party tells you

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<v Speaker 3>that then we need to turn on him. We saw

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<v Speaker 3>this happen in California with Eric Swalwell. Right, California love

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<v Speaker 3>the guy, the Democratic Party love the guy. Then all

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<v Speaker 3>of a sudden he might lose and a Republican might win.

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<v Speaker 3>And what they do They used all of the dirt

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<v Speaker 3>they knew about him, they protect him from, to then

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<v Speaker 3>take him down. Well, we're now living in a world

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<v Speaker 3>where that same media that created this individual, this Nazi

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<v Speaker 3>tattoo guy, may actually look to destroy him or maybe not.

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<v Speaker 3>Why because well, even the Obamas seem to be trying

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<v Speaker 3>to help behind the scenes. Now, let's just go through

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<v Speaker 3>the list, all right. If you look at the list

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<v Speaker 3>of things that this individual has done, if Mike count

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<v Speaker 3>is correct, now it's at fourteen different scandals, all right,

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<v Speaker 3>So let's start with number one. And I hope, by

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<v Speaker 3>the way, all of you will take this information, and

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<v Speaker 3>I hope you will share it wherever you can. I

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<v Speaker 3>hope that not only will you share it, but share

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<v Speaker 3>the podcast, put it anywhere you can on social media.

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<v Speaker 4>So let's start at number one.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a guy who had tattooed on his chest

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<v Speaker 3>a Nazi SS tattoo and he said that he didn't

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<v Speaker 3>know what it was, but he had the tattoo for

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<v Speaker 3>eighteen years. Now you may not know about Nazi SS

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<v Speaker 3>and exactly what they did. Like you can almost go

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<v Speaker 3>even further then, just like there's generic Nazis in Germany

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<v Speaker 3>and then there's the SS.

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<v Speaker 4>What did the SS do well?

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<v Speaker 3>They were the major paramilitary organization under Hitler and the

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<v Speaker 3>Nazi Party in Germany. And these were the guys that

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<v Speaker 3>began as a small guard unit known as the Hall Security.

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<v Speaker 3>They were made up of party volunteers. Then they got

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<v Speaker 3>even worse. Right, They're like, all right, we start you

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<v Speaker 3>there now. The SS was the foremost agency on security,

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<v Speaker 3>mass surveillance, and state terrorism within Germany and Germany occupied Europe.

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<v Speaker 3>What's even more interesting about the SS, all right, and

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<v Speaker 3>how hardcore these guys were, is they were in charge

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<v Speaker 3>of the concentration camps.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>They were the ones that were referred to as the

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<v Speaker 3>deaths head units.

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<v Speaker 4>All right.

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<v Speaker 3>They ran the concentration camps, and then they ran the

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<v Speaker 3>extermination camps. So if you want to be a Nazi,

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<v Speaker 3>that's one thing you want to level up and say,

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<v Speaker 3>oh no, no, I want to go pro with my tattoos.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't just want to swatskad No, no, I want

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<v Speaker 3>an SS tattoo.

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<v Speaker 4>Then you are like, all right, well, here we go.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm a concentration extermination camp kind of got. They were

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<v Speaker 3>also tasked with detecting actual or potential enemies of Nazi Germany.

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<v Speaker 3>They were in charge of neutralizing the oppression at all costs.

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<v Speaker 3>And then they were also policing the German people and

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<v Speaker 3>they would kill them if they thought you were getting

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<v Speaker 3>out of line. They were committed to quote Nazi ideology

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<v Speaker 3>and then providing domestic and foreign intelligence. Now the SS,

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<v Speaker 3>and again I go back because I think it's important

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<v Speaker 3>to understand why he chose this tattoo. The SS was

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<v Speaker 3>the organization most responsible for the genocidal murder of an

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<v Speaker 3>estimated six million Jews and millions of other victims during

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<v Speaker 3>the holocausts Now, members of its branches not only committed

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<v Speaker 3>war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War Two,

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<v Speaker 3>we now know through history that the SS was also

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<v Speaker 3>involved in commercial enterprises and exploited concentration camp inmates as

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<v Speaker 3>their slave labors. They could even make cash off of

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<v Speaker 3>them before they then exterminated them. Now, as after Nazi

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<v Speaker 3>Germany's defeat, the SS and the Nazi Party were judged

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<v Speaker 3>by the international military tribunals at Nuremberg.

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<v Speaker 4>There's a great movie about it, you can go see

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<v Speaker 4>it right now.

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<v Speaker 3>And what we learn is the highest ranking surviving SS

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<v Speaker 3>Main Department chief was found guilty of not only crimes

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<v Speaker 3>against humanity at the Nuremberg trials, but he was also

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<v Speaker 3>hanged in nineteen eighty six. So, if you're going to

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<v Speaker 3>get a tattoo, and you decide to go with the

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<v Speaker 3>SS insignia a tattoo instead of just you know the Nazi.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, you know Swasika tattoo.

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<v Speaker 3>You clearly understand that, you're like on another level of

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<v Speaker 3>understanding what a Nazi is, right, And so this is

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<v Speaker 3>the tattoo that he chose. Now, of course he lied.

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<v Speaker 3>He's like, Oh, I didn't know what it was, are

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<v Speaker 3>you kidding me? Of course you knew what it was,

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<v Speaker 3>and that's why you got it. So that is the

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<v Speaker 3>baseline for who he is. So let's move on to

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<v Speaker 3>something else. We also know that he has an account

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<v Speaker 3>on a what has been described by The New York

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<v Speaker 3>Times a predator sex site called Kick.

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<v Speaker 4>He's married, everybody knows that.

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<v Speaker 3>But this site is a site that is for child exportation,

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<v Speaker 3>underage sexual encounters, and child pornography.

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<v Speaker 4>That is what's there. You can go read the New

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<v Speaker 4>York Times on this.

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<v Speaker 3>So not only do we have a Naziss death's head

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<v Speaker 3>tattoo that he had for eighteen years, now he's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to get on this website that is a

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<v Speaker 3>predator's safe haven for underage exploiting of children and child pornography.

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<v Speaker 3>We then find out, no surprise, that there's explicit sexting

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<v Speaker 3>or sex texts from with about a half a dozen

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<v Speaker 3>women in twenty twenty three, after he got married about

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<v Speaker 3>a year earlier. Moved past that real quick, disparage all

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<v Speaker 3>black people as a population that doesn't tip. Yes, he

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<v Speaker 3>actually has it on social media where he was out

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<v Speaker 3>there and he was talking they saying that black people

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<v Speaker 3>don't tip. That is what you refer to as racism.

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<v Speaker 3>One oh one. The Democratic Party apparently has no problem

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<v Speaker 3>within disparaging all black people as a population, saying that

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<v Speaker 3>all black people don't tip. Number five, he blamed sexual

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<v Speaker 3>assault victims for being sexually assaulted. Now you may look

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<v Speaker 3>at that and you go, hold on a second, what

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<v Speaker 3>do you actually mean by that? All right, you know what,

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<v Speaker 3>it's a great question. Graham Platner says sexual assault victims

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<v Speaker 3>should take some responsibility in Reddit post that he had

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<v Speaker 3>throughout the years he made the disturbing comments about sexual

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<v Speaker 3>assault victims. Where then, and of course, of course he

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<v Speaker 3>deleted them right right before he launch his campaign. But

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<v Speaker 3>we had the they had the data, They had them

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<v Speaker 3>like it's there. We know it's there in a discussion.

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<v Speaker 3>But what's interesting is he said that assault victims should

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<v Speaker 3>take some responsibility for themselves to avoid attacks and act

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<v Speaker 3>like an adult for effing's sake.

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<v Speaker 4>He said people should.

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<v Speaker 3>Avoid alcohols they don't end up in a compromising situation,

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<v Speaker 3>and then downplay the challenges service members face and reporting

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<v Speaker 3>sexual assault. So he's like, look, if you got raped

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<v Speaker 3>in your chick and you got you and you drank,

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<v Speaker 3>that's on you. And so I don't really care, and

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<v Speaker 3>signed I guess, you know, Hale Hitler like, I guess

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<v Speaker 3>that's how this works. Now, Now, these these comments came

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<v Speaker 3>on the hills of a similar Reddit posts where that

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<v Speaker 3>were uncovered, which included Platner saying people who live in

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<v Speaker 3>rural Maine actually are racist and stupid. He also is

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<v Speaker 3>promoting violent political actions, including saying an armed working class

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<v Speaker 3>as a requirement for economic justice. He said, deeming all

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<v Speaker 3>police bastards and f these cops. So now we found

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<v Speaker 3>out he's against police. He was promoting racist stereotypes by questioning, quote,

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<v Speaker 3>why don't black people tip quote unquote I mentioned that

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<v Speaker 3>a moment ago, and then using slurs and telling people

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<v Speaker 3>to f off and die when asked about a recent

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<v Speaker 3>vote against a power line in Maine. Now, these are

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<v Speaker 3>just some of the big things that he said online.

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<v Speaker 3>So let's let's just, you know, move past that for

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<v Speaker 3>a second. I'm going to go out in a limb

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<v Speaker 3>and say, hey, if you started attacking or smearing or

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<v Speaker 3>mocking the LGBTQIA plus plus plus population as a Democrat

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<v Speaker 3>in Maine, like, that's got to get you in trouble,

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<v Speaker 3>right like Scott to be apparently not today. Quote I

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<v Speaker 3>find that stuff abhorrent. That is what Platner told The Advocate,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm sorry that I ever used it, referencing he

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<v Speaker 3>and admitting he used indefensible anti gay slurs and his

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<v Speaker 3>other Reddit posts. They even say in this Advocate dot

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<v Speaker 3>com story, quote, a progressive US Senate candidate in Maine,

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<v Speaker 3>who has already apologized for earlier misogynistic and racially insensitive

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<v Speaker 3>remarks and said that he did not realize that tattoo

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<v Speaker 3>in his chest resembled a Nazi SS emblem is again

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<v Speaker 3>under scrutiny, this time for anti LGBTQ plus comments. In

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<v Speaker 3>an interview on Wednesday afternoon, The Advocate Graham, a forty

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<v Speaker 3>one year old Marine an Army veteran running in Main's

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<v Speaker 3>Democratic primary, seeking to become the nominated challenge Republican US

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<v Speaker 3>Inersusan Collins confirmed that he offered a series of Reddit

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<v Speaker 3>comments and included homophobic slurs, anti LGBTQ plus jokes and

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<v Speaker 3>sexually explicit stories denigrating gay men. The existence of the

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<v Speaker 3>comments posted under the handle p Hustle between twenty sixteen

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<v Speaker 3>and twenty twenty one, meaning he did this a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>All Right I previously been reported on. The Advocate obtained

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<v Speaker 3>the post independently this week. The revelation comes on the

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<v Speaker 3>same day Platner are scheduled to hold the town hall

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<v Speaker 3>in one part of the state, a seaside resort long

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<v Speaker 3>known as New England's most prominent LGBTQ plus destinations featuring

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<v Speaker 3>a thriving gay community and pride celebrations that draw visits

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<v Speaker 3>from across the region.

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<v Speaker 4>Quote.

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<v Speaker 3>I have zero reason deny that the posts are mine,

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<v Speaker 3>Platner said in a zoom interview. I made a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of comments over the years and talked a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>blank on the Internet. I have no reason to doubt

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<v Speaker 3>that at some point I use language that I would

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<v Speaker 3>not be using today. He paused and then added its indefensible.

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<v Speaker 3>Now these posts that were obtained by The Advocate, all

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<v Speaker 3>Right says they unearthed them and show a pattern of

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<v Speaker 3>homophobic language and rhetoric that mocked and demeaned.

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<v Speaker 4>The LGBTQ plus people.

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<v Speaker 3>In some cases, Platner appeared to use slurs casually in

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<v Speaker 3>discussions unrelated to sexuality. In others, he explicitly framed gay

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<v Speaker 3>people as the punchline. In June twenty sixteen, Platner wrote

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<v Speaker 3>in a thread about life on military guard duties, saying no,

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<v Speaker 3>seriously flog the blankers as often as possible, write gay

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<v Speaker 3>poetry about how gay your current job is. Congratulations, you

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<v Speaker 3>made it through one shift. Now do it all again

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<v Speaker 3>in twelve hours. Welcome to the world of standing posts,

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<v Speaker 3>where sanity is a sliding scale quote unquote. In March

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<v Speaker 3>twenty eighteen, two years later, he wasn't done. He recounted

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<v Speaker 3>explicit detail. What he described is a quote gay off

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<v Speaker 3>between Marines and British sailors and Bahrain pull into by

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<v Speaker 3>Rain and seven at Amu, a Royal Navy submarine, happens

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<v Speaker 3>to be imported at the same time. Before we even

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<v Speaker 3>realize what's going on, the other weird blinkers just leaned

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<v Speaker 3>down and licked the blank from the bottom of the

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<v Speaker 3>blank all the way up to the blank stand up

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<v Speaker 3>look dead at us and yelled beat that I probably

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<v Speaker 3>withdrew our team on the grounds that one cannot play

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<v Speaker 3>gay chicken if one is actually gay.

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<v Speaker 4>This is what he wrote online.

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<v Speaker 3>Now you would think that these explicit posts, and by

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<v Speaker 3>the way, there's some in eighteen and nineteen and twenty

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<v Speaker 3>and twenty one, and even in twenty twenty two the Advocate,

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<v Speaker 3>which is obviously advocate advocating for gay lesbian communities.

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<v Speaker 4>They write all this stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>But apparently it was just to help him get it

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<v Speaker 3>out there and we'll move on. So that doesn't even

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<v Speaker 3>disqualify him from being the Democratic nominee.

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<v Speaker 4>Number eight.

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<v Speaker 3>He promoted an alleged Holocaust denier on social media. So

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<v Speaker 3>not only is this guy wearing an SS tattoo right

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<v Speaker 3>the death head tattoo and then claims it know what

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<v Speaker 3>it is, but he also has a Holocaust denier, someone

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<v Speaker 3>who believes the Holocaust never happened. On social media. He

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<v Speaker 3>also and if you have kids ear muffs, all right,

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<v Speaker 3>that's my warning. He actually bragged online about masturbating in

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<v Speaker 3>public portapottis. Yes, those were his words. I'm sure he

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<v Speaker 3>will tell you. Don't worry. I wouldn't say that. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>are Democrats ashamed of this being their candidate. Nope, they're

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<v Speaker 3>still standing by him even with the Porta Potti comments.

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<v Speaker 4>So now like, surely that's it. Nope, that's not all Graham.

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<v Speaker 3>Platner also mocked a purple Heart recipient as a dumb

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<v Speaker 3>mfor who didn't deserve to live, and then double down

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<v Speaker 3>on the comments when he was asked about it.

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<v Speaker 4>So doesn't believe he did anything wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>Doesn't think you that it's wrong to mock a purple

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<v Speaker 3>Heart recipient and saying that the mffort didn't deserve to live.

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<v Speaker 4>Interesting.

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<v Speaker 3>He also encourage military contractors to bang hookers in Thailand.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, giving details that.

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<v Speaker 3>You guys got to go out there and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>you should just bang some of them hookers. Yes, he

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<v Speaker 3>actually once lamented Thai prostitute loophol closing. The Democrat a

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<v Speaker 3>candidate in Maine complained of a loophole that closing that

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<v Speaker 3>permitted military contractors to have relations with Thailand prostitutes under

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<v Speaker 3>the name p Ussel.

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<v Speaker 4>The Democratic candidate.

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<v Speaker 3>Platner reportedly wrote on a Reddit post in June of

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<v Speaker 3>nineteen the military contactors could spend their time banging hookers

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<v Speaker 3>in Thailand instead of getting blanked.

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<v Speaker 4>At the wife back by the wife.

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<v Speaker 3>Back home, spending your lead banging hookers in Thailand instead

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<v Speaker 3>of getting bhstat by the wife at home, and you

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<v Speaker 3>could sell it as avoiding federal income tax.

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<v Speaker 4>Platner wrote.

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<v Speaker 3>Once the Afghan start using our paychecks as a personal

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<v Speaker 3>piggy bank, the whole loophole disappeared. Platner admitted to using

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<v Speaker 3>the handle after The Made Monitor reported about his Reddit posts.

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<v Speaker 4>There it is, it's I mean, it's it's incredible, it is.

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<v Speaker 4>It's truly incredible.

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<v Speaker 3>Now you would think that would be enough, right for

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<v Speaker 3>the Democrats to say, Okay, like we got to like

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<v Speaker 3>this guy, can't be the guy.

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<v Speaker 4>Nope, keep going. He also called the.

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<v Speaker 3>Virgin Mary a skink, Yes, a skink. The Democrat candidate

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<v Speaker 3>refer to Jesus also as a zombie. The Virgin Mary

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<v Speaker 3>is a skank in a Reddit post from twenty twelve.

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<v Speaker 3>That is this man so he hates Christians, he hates Jesus,

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<v Speaker 3>he hates Mary, and this is the perfect guy for

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<v Speaker 3>the Democratic Party. He also got a dui, not that

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<v Speaker 3>anyone cares. Right inside Graham Platner's controversial rise another article

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<v Speaker 3>talking about his dui, but It's totally fine, not a

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<v Speaker 3>problem at all. Right, He's just you know, sometimes you

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<v Speaker 3>gotta go out there and you got to you know,

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<v Speaker 3>get a dui. And finally the newest thing, he appeared

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<v Speaker 3>on an anti Semites podcast who says the Jews killed Kennedy.

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<v Speaker 4>Now, this is just what we know.

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<v Speaker 3>What's even more shocking is he's still ahead in the polls,

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<v Speaker 3>which tells me something very clearly. The Democratic Party is solace.

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<v Speaker 3>They only care about power, they only care about controlling you.

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<v Speaker 3>They only care about winning, and if it takes a

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<v Speaker 3>guy like this to do it or cover up for him,

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<v Speaker 3>they're totally fine with it.

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