Michelle Cottle

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2,005 appearances 16 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 19 Sep

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The Opinions · ‘Platner Is Vile.’ McConnell Is Missing. Welcome to American Politics. · 11 Jul 2026 podcast

So speaking of disastrous decisions, the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine has suspended his campaign.

He did this on Wednesday after a woman publicly accused him of rape, an accusation he has denied publicly.

But when the story broke, pretty much all of Plattner's Democratic allies abandoned him lickety-split.

But before this particular allegation, many, especially in the insurgent wing of the party, were puzzled.

willing to overlook a large number of very red flags with this guy.

You know, whether you're talking Nazi tattoo, hateful Reddit posts, sexing with other women behind his wife's back, other allegations of mistreating women.

It's not like the sirens weren't going off.

So, David French.

You've thought a lot about character, morals, the importance of these in politics.

What does this messy platner trajectory tell us about the Dems?

And, you know, are they inching toward the win at all costs position that they used to criticize Republicans for?

David W.

Dissembling.

That is a sweet word.

Like, that is a very sweet word.

The only way he wasn't flat out lying is if he was always too drunk to remember any of it.

And I'm not sure that's a defense.

So this is – I can feel my blood pressure rising as we're discussing this.

So this is where I just want to jump in and say – Go, Michelle.

Go.

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