Can we all pray that America does better with recruiting to Congress — a “no creeper” rule, as a modest start?
I just noticed this in my inbox:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Planned Parenthood Action Fund President and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson released the following statement:
“The accusations against Graham Platner are damning and Platner’s failure to address them or Jenny Racicot directly is disqualifying. While Planned Parenthood Action Fund remains committed to protecting access to care for Mainers and all Americans, we also unequivocally believe women. And we are grateful to anyone who has the courage to speak up and share her story.
Let’s be honest: You “unequivocally believe women” unless they happen to have worked for conservative organizations. But more about that later.
“Mainers deserve a candidate who has the moral integrity worthy of the office they are seeking. That’s why Planned Parenthood Action Fund moved quickly to rescind its endorsement of Graham Platner.
“The stakes of this election are far too high, and our work to deliver a pro-reproductive rights majority in the Senate and hold Susan Collins accountable continues. The best path forward for Maine is for Graham Platner to end his candidacy and give voters the chance to elect someone who reflects their values politically and personally.”
That seems right and just.
Why hadn’t it already happened?
Instead, when a woman, Lyndsey Fifield, with nothing to gain from reliving personal emotional relational trauma, came forward about Platner’s troubling behavior when they were dating, she was further humiliated — re-abused, honestly — by the New York Times and the left: Because she’s conservative and Platner supporters wanted us to believe she was politically motivated, instead of a woman who prayed through what to do and came forward with nothing to gain from it.
This is what Fifield wrote on X early last month, after the piece ran.
The campaign, by the way, responded to her testimony to the Times — which the Times ran incompletely — with:
“Let’s be very clear: This is a lifelong G.O.P. operative who’s dedicated her career to electing Republicans.”
It’s hard not to think about Bill Clinton and the feminist one-free-grope rule today.
I do pray Lyndsey can be at peace that she did what she felt called to do and helped keep him from a public role where he’d have access to more vulnerable women.
And can we all pray that America does better with recruiting to Congress — a “no creeper” rule, as a modest start? Kat Cammack is right on this, among other things.