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Why was the pundit class so quick to defend Graham Platner

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Why was the pundit class so quick to defend Graham Platner

To some of Platner’s most influential backers his swaggering, reckless, and casually brutish masculinity was understood not as a liability, but as a virtue Graham Platner was accused of rape on Monday, and it quickly became clear that he will never be a United States Senator. After days of delay, he finally suspended h

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To some of Platner’s most influential backers his swaggering, reckless, and casually brutish masculinity was understood not as a liability, but as a virtue Graham Platner was accused of rape on Monday, and it quickly became clear that he will never be a United States Senator. After days of delay, he finally suspended h

To some of Platner’s most influential backers his swaggering, reckless and casually brutish masculinity was understood not as a liability, but as a virtue Graham Platner was accused of rape on Monday, and it quickly became clear that he will never be a United States senator. They believe the accuser, but they also grieve the demise of a campaign that promised that politics could be different — and they blame those who failed to find a less flawed candidate.

The Guardian US reported the story as "Why was the pundit class so quick to defend Graham Platner? | Moira Donegan."

2 sources have covered this story, including The Guardian US and The New York Times. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 7 hours ago.

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