Democrats have decided that the hill they want to die on in 2026 is defending Graham Platner — a man facing brutal new opposition research alleging a pattern of abusive behavior — and honestly, we should be thanking them for the entertainment.
Remember "believe all women"? Yeah, neither do they. Funny how that whole movement evaporates the second it inconveniences the right candidate.
Kurt Schlichter over at Townhall called it "glorious to watch," and he's not wrong. The party that spent years lecturing the rest of us about accountability and respecting women has circled the wagons around Platner so fast you'd think they were defending a Supreme Court nominee. Multiple oppo drops have landed in the last 48 hours, each one worse than the last, and the story is veering straight into #MeToo territory. You know — that movement Democrats invented and then abandoned like a rental car with a flat tire.
The best part? Even CNN guests are torching the party for this. Let that sink in. CNN — the network that would defend a Democrat caught robbing a Wendy's if the Republican alternative polled well — is openly roasting its own side. That's how indefensible this has become.
Schlichter, never one to pass up a good pile-on, laid out the whole beautiful mess in his column. Democrats aren't just defending Platner — they're doing it loudly, enthusiastically, and on camera. Every quote is a future campaign ad. Every press conference is a gift-wrapped package for Republican opposition researchers who won't even have to work hard this cycle.
The hypocrisy here is so thick you could spread it on toast. This is the same party that demanded Brett Kavanaugh be drawn and quartered over decades-old allegations with zero corroboration. The same party that told us any accusation, no matter how flimsy, deserved to be treated as gospel truth — as long as the accused had an R next to his name. But when their guy faces a pattern of allegations backed by actual opposition research? Suddenly we need "context" and "due process" and "let's not rush to judgment."
We see you.
The California angle makes this even juicier. With Tuesday's election results still being counted — because California apparently needs longer to count votes than it takes to build a house — Democrats can't afford to lose a single candidate. So they're stuck with Platner, allegations and all, because the alternative is admitting they backed the wrong horse. And Democrats never admit they're wrong. About anything. Ever.
Schlichter floated the idea that even more allegations are coming, and given the pace of the last 24 hours, he's probably right. Each new oppo drop is like watching someone step on a rake, look down at the rake, and then step on it again. On purpose.
Here's the bottom line: Democrats built the "believe all women" framework specifically as a weapon against Republicans. They sharpened it, aimed it, and fired it for years. Now it's pointed squarely at them, and instead of living by their own rules, they're pretending the rules never existed. We always knew the rules were never meant to apply equally. Now everyone else knows it too.