Graham Platner a Leftist Caricature of a U.S. Marine

An (allegedly) bloodthirsty, woman-abusing alcoholic leatherneck with an SS tattoo and a penchant for adultery, which includes trawling where high school girls seek dates, is on the ballot in Maine, and the Democrats can’t get enough of him.

While these allegations might matter to the well-adjusted, progressives don’t care about his personal failings because the prospect of Susan Collins’s ouster and furtherance of far-left power is too intoxicating, and the mainline Dems are besotted with a man who fulfills their sexual and savior fantasies: a bad, bad man who just saw the light and is now a reformed crusader for *checks notes* abortion.

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Luther Ray Abel

Luther Ray Abel is an Associate Editor for National Review. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Luther is a proud native of Sheboygan, Wis.

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An (allegedly) bloodthirsty, woman-abusing alcoholic leatherneck with an SS tattoo and a penchant for adultery, which includes trawling where high school girls seek dates, is on the ballot in Maine, and the Democrats can’t get enough of him.

While these allegations might matter to the well-adjusted, progressives don’t care about his personal failings because the prospect of Susan Collins’s ouster and furtherance of far-left power is too intoxicating, and the mainline Dems are besotted with a man who fulfills their sexual and savior fantasies: a bad, bad man who just saw the light and is now a reformed crusader for *checks notes* abortion.