Seeing the beginning of his announcement, it did not seem like it was going to be a drop out one but him doubling down on running

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    We don’t owe gratitude for putting things off until it would throw the fate of the whole country into chaos rather than just be “oh well, obviously he shouldn’t be chosen”. No one handled this well and now we’re all going to suffer for it.

    We all ignored the warning signs. Everyone chose to disbelieve the first woman that came forward. Please stop pretending this was the first hint of inappropriate behavior on Platner’s part.

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      And the Nazi tattoo, and the sexting multiple women…

      But the Kyle Kulinski’s of the world swept so hard for this guy and now here we are.

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        Drop Site has also lost a lot of respect from me. Ryan Grim and their social media manager victim blaming all over online is gross.

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          Hasan Piker, etc. Basically all the anti-Dem Leftists.

          Which is why you now predicably see the narrative shifting to blame the Dems.

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            While I’m disappointed in how Hasan covered Platner from the beginning, he’s not at the same level as Ryan Grim or Kyle Kulinski with their reaction to this. I haven’t seen him trying to push that because she texted about needing a massage that she was asking to be raped.

            You’re right though, instead of taking ownership and moving forward, they’re blaming the Dems and Israel and this woman and anyone and anything else besides that they picked a bad candidate, didn’t vet him properly, and ignored huge warning signs.