New reporting reveals that – after months of remaining silent on Graham Platner’s countless scandals – Josh Turek only found the courage and “moral clarity” to condemn Platner after Chuck Schumer and the Democrats’ Senate campaign arm gave Turek permission to do so.
“Josh Turek is bought and paid for by Chuck Schumer and his refusal for months to condemn Platner’s Nazi tattoo, antisemitism, and earlier abuse are disgusting,” said NRSC Regional Press Secretary Samantha Cantrell.
Turek has refused to denounce every Graham Platner scandal, including:
- Multiple women accusing Platner of abuse, harassment, and threatening behavior.
- Telling rape victims to “take some responsibility for themselves and not get so f*cked up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to.”
- Using an active account on the “predator’s Paradise” app, Kik.
- Mocking a U.S. solider shot by the Taliban saying, “dumb motherf*cker didn’t deserve to live.”
- Calling rural white Americans racist and stupid.
- Had a Nazi tattoo that he referred to as “my Totenkopf” for years.
- Saying that cops are “opportunistic cowards” and “bastards.”
Josh Turek’s comments on Platner, only after given permission, are just another example of how he’ll follow Schumer’s orders and stand with the Democrat Party no matter what.
Read the timeline here or below.
At 7:01 p.m., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., released a joint statement: “The allegations reported today are incredibly disturbing—violence, abuse, and sexual assault are absolutely unacceptable.”
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The final string of statements came in at 10:35 p.m. “The allegations against Graham Platner are truly disturbing,” said Iowa’s Josh Turek. “This isn’t about party—this is about right and wrong and who should represent their state in the U.S. Senate. He should drop out immediately.”
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