Schumer endorses the Creep

Schumer Backs Platner Despite Nazi Tattoo Scandal

and all the other scandals

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer stood by Democrat Graham Platner on Tuesday even as reporters pressed him about the Maine candidate’s growing list of controversies. Schumer was asked point-blank whether he was satisfied with Platner’s explanations, but he did not really engage the questions head-on.

Instead, Schumer kept repeating the same message about the race in Maine. “I met with Graham Platner today, we’re going to beat [Sen.] Susan Collins and take back the Senate.”

The senator was asked again and again if he still supported Platner after the latest headlines. Reporters also asked whether Democrats were hurting their own credibility by backing Platner while attacking Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton over similar kinds of scandal-driven baggage. Schumer did not answer those questions directly.

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