New reporting reveals that after months of remaining silent on Graham Platner and his scandals, Roy Cooper only condemned Platner after Chuck Schumer and the Democrats’ Senate campaign arm gave Cooper permission to do so.
“Roy Cooper spent nearly 40 years pushing the radical left’s agenda, and his silence further proves he cares more about his political career than North Carolinians,” said NRSC Regional Press Secretary Nick Puglia.
Cooper 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.”
Cooper 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.”
[9:02pm] Roy Cooper, Democrat Senate candidate in North Carolina, wrote, “This goes beyond politics. These are disturbing allegations, and I believe Graham Platner should drop out of this race.”