Originally published at: The Brief: State Party Wants Platner to Have ‘No Role’ in Picking Replacement - TPM – Talking Points Memo
Platner Replacement Battle Begins to Take Shape In the hours after multiple outlets published stories on Jenny Racicot’s allegation that Graham Platner had raped her in 2021, we saw a lot of predictions that he would swiftly step aside. That has not come to pass. His team, according to the state party, is trying to…
Rep. Ana Paulina Luna (R-FL) took things further,
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I like this one!
BREAKING: LOL! Republican Rep. Thomas Massie hilariously trolls Mitch McConnell by joking that he “spoke” to him on the phone this morning — despite the reports that he’s braindead.
This is just too good…
“I spoke to McConnell for about 20 minutes this morning,” Massie wrote on X. “He said we should end the war with Iran, quit giving aid to Israel, stop spying on Americans without a warrant, and he’s really sorry about how my primary turned out.”
Obviously, McConnell did none of those things.
He is (or was, depending on which reports you believe) an unrepentant warmonger, an Israel First fanatic who rabidly supported their genocide in Gaza, a lifelong enemy of Americans’ right to privacy, and he did nothing to intervene when Trump targeted Massie in his primary for daring to support the release of the Epstein files.
Massie was mocking Republicans like professional liar Scott Jennings who are insisting that McConnell is not only alive, but capable of speech. The frequent CNN contributor claimed on X that he “spoke” to his “old friend” McConnell on the phone about "IRAN, UKRAINE, the unfolding situation in MAINE, my visit to the TR Presidential Library, and even a little bit of Senate history.
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Scott Jennings is a flat-out liar. Where’s the photo or recording? Moscow’s family wants to know.
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NYT liveblog:
“I’ll give them a little warning we’re going to hit them hard tonight, but we’ll see how it all works out,” President Trump said at the Nato summit, referring to Iran.
He’s a strategic genius, this man. Always keep 'em guessing!
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If Graham Plotner delays too long, then it will be clear his campaign was about him, and not Maine’s people. Four months is PLENTY of time to wage an effective senate campaign, especially in a state that doesn’t sprawl, like Texas. But the party needs to start now. Debates and even a convention-like meeting can all be done, but the clock is ticking.
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-26% approval from new YouGov poll, and Trump is still covered as if he is more than a despised despot. Go figure.
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Radio silence for the third day from him suggests that he’s still trying to negotiate some degree of control over the new candidate. If he wasn’t going to withdraw this would play out differently, I think. But this is long enough. Mainers deserve to know how this will be resolved.
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And all of them for…checks notes…20 minutes!!
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Jennings and the other known liars may have spoken to McTurtle about these things, but did Mc speak back?
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Breaking news: “McConnell, having been up all night talking on the phone with a long list of Republican leaders, for 20 minutes each, died of exhaustion this morning.”
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I’m sure that a generous benefactor can be found to assist the victim with legal fees for her rape case should Mr. Platner choose not to step aside.
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