New reporting reveals that after months of remaining silent on Graham Platner and his scandals, Mary Peltola only condemned Platner after Chuck Schumer and the Democrats’ Senate campaign arm gave Peltola permission to do so.
“Mary Peltola was a stooge for Chuck Schumer during her failed tenure in Washington, and her silence further proves that Peltola puts herself first and Alaska last,” said NRSC Regional Press Secretary Nick Puglia.
Peltola 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.”
Peltola conveniently condemned Platner only after her boss, Chuck Schumer, had finally abandoned him.
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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Finally, at 12:22 a.m. Eastern time, Mary Peltola of Alaska called the allegations disturbing and disqualifying. “He needs to drop out,” she wrote.