January 1, EXPOSED: Both Parties Backing Scandal-Plagued Candidates as Desperation to Win Overrides All Principles

Wyatt’s Take

• Democrats are rallying behind a Maine Senate candidate with a Nazi tattoo and multiple abuse accusations—hypocrisy at its finest when they’d crucify a Republican for the same
• Texas Republicans are lining up behind a scandal-plagued attorney general who was impeached and accused of fraud—proving winning matters more than morals
• Both parties have abandoned all principles in their quest for power, showing exactly why working Americans are fed up with Washington’s double standards

Picture this: a Senate candidate with a Nazi tattoo, multiple women accusing him of physical abuse, and a history of heavy drinking and erratic behavior. If he were a Republican, Democrats would be calling for his head on a platter.

But Graham Platner is a liberal Democrat running in Maine, so suddenly all those red flags don’t matter anymore.

The hypocrisy is staggering. Democrats are glossing over everything—the tattoo, the abuse allegations, the sexting while married—because they desperately need to flip Maine to take control of the Senate.

Three women came forward with disturbing accounts. One, Lyndsey Fifeld, told investigators he regularly grabbed her by the shoulders hard enough to leave marks.

“On one occasion, [he] yanked her out of a cab by her wrist after an argument when she wanted to stay in the car,” according to published reports. In another incident, “he twisted her arm behind her back, shoved her into a bedroom and held the door closed from the other side so she couldn’t get out, telling her to remain there until she was ‘calm.'”

Fifeld also said Platner would fantasize about killing people and told her he would rape them “because rape is about power.” In her 2016 diary, she called Platner “the most toxic, literally abusive man on earth who destroyed my life.”

Another ex-girlfriend, Jenny Racicot, said Platner “does not respect women” and his behavior was “reckless” and “unsettling.”

About that Nazi tattoo? Fifeld says he called it “my Totenkopf”—a German word for death’s head. Platner now claims he didn’t know what it meant, which strains credibility for anyone who served multiple combat tours.

Liberal darlings like Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna have campaigned with him anyway. Khanna at least admitted Platner’s behavior was “misogynistic,” but still supports him.

The 41-year-old Marine veteran with three combat tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan tried to wall off his past, admitting only to heavy drinking and PTSD. But you can’t run for Senate and expect your baggage to stay hidden.

Maine’s Democratic governor Janet Mills was supposed to be the nominee, but she suspended her campaign after falling way behind this scandal-plagued outsider.

In an interview, Platner dismissed the abuse allegations as coming from someone “politically motivated”—conveniently ignoring the other women who came forward.

“Anything alleging physicality, anything alleging that I knew what my tattoo was, these are the statements of someone who’s politically motivated,” he claimed.

The press showed up too late, too. Journalists loved covering the rough-edged character instead of doing their jobs vetting him properly. By the time the scandals erupted, Maine’s primary was already upon them.

But Republicans aren’t any better when it comes to hypocrisy and double standards.

In Texas, the GOP is rallying behind Ken Paxton for Senate despite a resume that would make any decent person cringe. The state attorney general was impeached by the Texas House after top aides reported him to the FBI for abusing his office to help a wealthy donor.

Though the Senate didn’t convict him, Paxton also settled federal health care fraud charges. His soon-to-be ex-wife has accused him of adultery. The list goes on.

President Trump endorsed Paxton over incumbent Senator John Cornyn, and suddenly all those “lies” the Texas GOP posted about disappeared the moment he became the nominee.

Former Fort Worth mayor Betsy Price called him “corrupt and immoral” and abandoned ship. But in the reddest of red states, which hasn’t elected a statewide Democrat in 40 years, Republicans figure they can’t afford to lose the seat.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who backed Cornyn in the primary, quickly pivoted after Paxton won.

“Obviously we are making the pivot,” Thune said in a radio interview. “Losing is not an option when it comes to the state of Texas.”

The National Republican Campaign Committee didn’t even mention Paxton on primary night, focusing instead on attacking his Democratic opponent James Talarico.

Flip the script for a second. If Paxton were a Democrat, Texas Republicans would be screaming about how bribery, fraud, impeachment and adultery disqualify him completely. They’d wring their hands about the embarrassment to the Lone Star State.

But that’s not happening because winning is all that matters. Period.

The old standards have melted away. Donald Trump survived countless scandals and still won a second term, proving voters care more about results than résumés.

Some Republicans may hold their nose and support Paxton. Others might just stay home on Election Day.

The final reality: Politicians will tolerate just about anything in their own deeply flawed candidate while expressing manufactured outrage at the other side’s problems—all in the name of winning.

Wyatt Matters

This is exactly why hardworking Americans are disgusted with politics. Both parties preach about values and character until their own guy needs defending—then suddenly it’s all about “electability” and “the bigger picture.” Maine Democrats backing an alleged abuser with a Nazi tattoo, Texas Republicans rallying behind an impeached official accused of fraud—it’s the same playbook wrapped in different colored jerseys. Meanwhile, regular folks are expected to live by rules the political class throws out the window whenever convenient. The swamp protects its own, no matter which party holds the gavel.