Graham Platner’s implosion isn’t a problem for just him — rather the entire Democratic Party

Now they turn on Nazi-tattooed alleged rapist Graham Platner?

After all these months of defending him and making excuses — knowing full well what a repugnant dirtbag he is?

Let’s be honest: At this late date, the accusation that Platner raped an ex-girlfriend should shock absolutely no one. And that it took so long for Dems to cut him off speaks volumes.

Indeed, the only reason they’re deserting him now is not that they’ve finally grown a moral spine; it’s that they fear his grotesque character won’t fly with normal voters.

Not only would a continued Platner campaign for Maine’s US Senate seat almost certainly fail; voters nationwide may now realize that Democrats are morally bankrupt — that they stand for nothing, except the acquisition of raw political power by any means.

Heck, it’s not even clear the rape allegation was the reason for Dems’ switch — rather than the excuse for it.

After all, polls had recently tightened, with both Platner and his GOP rival, Sen. Susan Collins, virtually tied.

And Platner, one recent poll showed, was trailing Collins by a whopping 21 points among the very people he pretends to champion: working folks, specifically those who lack four-year college degrees.

Yet, until the rape allegation, Dems lined up squarely by him.

He’s “my kind of man,” gushed Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.).

Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) vowed to “do everything I can to make sure” Platner is Maines’ next senator.

Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.) dismissed the complaints about him by claiming he just said some “dumb” things.

Even mainstream Dems tolerated his candidacy, seeing it as part of a path to Democratic control of the Senate — while overlooking his disqualifying traits or taking the coward’s approach and remaining silent.

Yet his appalling flaws were beyond glaring: He wore a tattoo of a Nazi symbol on his chest for nearly 20 years.

He once described himself as a communist, though later claimed he wasn’t one.

He trashed decorated Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and called another soldier shot in Afghanistan a “dumb motherf—er” who “didn’t deserve to live.”

Nor did allegations of how he abused women suddenly arise just this week.

Rumors have circulated for a while, and his campaign admitted he exchanged sexually explicit texts with multiple women while married. 

Last month The New York Times reported several women “describing volatile and ‘toxic’ relationships that were unsettling and at times emotionally wrenching.”  

That’s all on top of his disgusting socialist, antisemitic politics.

The fact is, Democrats have been so wrapped up in their Trump hate, they totally failed to develop any realistic political agenda likely to improve the lives of voters.

Can anyone name a single, viable policy prescription they’re pushing to benefit Americans?

Abolishing ICE? Voters don’t want that.

Defund the police? They’d have minorities up in arms.

Men in women’s bathrooms or on their sports teams? That’s an 80-20 issue against Democrats.

Tax the rich? OK, that one might have populist appeal, but the rich are already heavily taxed, and such plans are only bound to backfire.

The Platner case eerily recalls how Dems exploited Joe Biden’s growing mental impairments and pushed to get him reelected in 2024, before forcing him to drop his campaign only after they could no longer hide his condition.

Then they unilaterally chose (without any voters’ consent) word-salad queen Kamala Harris, strictly because they saw her as their best chance to holding power.

And this year they backed Platner — until they couldn’t — and are now looking again to choose a replacement without voters’ consent.

Clearly, these people don’t belong anywhere near the levers of power.

Fact is, Democrats have a problem. They need an agenda that’s not Orange Man Bad. They need to focus on what Americans want. They need to purge the radicals and sleazebags among them.

Until they do all that, none of them deserves anyone’s vote.