Leftist whataboutism looked like a desperate reach for justification as a former columnist for the New York Times dragged the president and a Supreme Court justice into Graham Platner’s scandal.
For months, Democrats turned a blind eye to red flags and allegations raised against the now Senate candidate from Maine, prioritizing his potential to unseat incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R). Now, as endorsements are disappearing faster than lawmakers on recess, MS NOW political analyst Charles Blow took a shot at revisionist history with a line of defense favoring continued support for Platner, invoking President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Appearing on MS NOW’s “The Moment” with Katy Tur in the wake of the candidate’s ex-girlfriend Jenny Racicot coming forward with allegations he entered her home uninvited before sexually assaulting her, Blow acknowledged the importance of hearing her out before quickly shifting to demonizing Republicans.
“But the second thing I want to say is that we continue to have a situation where Democrats and Republicans are playing by completely separate rulebooks,” the former Times op-ed writer suggested in a clip highlighted by NewBusters’ Curtis Houck. “The idea that this would push him out of the race, maybe that’s the right thing to do. But, you know, Donald Trump was found liable of sexually abusing a woman, and then eight months later, a separate jury found him guilty of — liable for defamation of her, and then ten months after that, he was still elected.”
NYT columnist Charles Blow DEFENDS Graham Platner staying in the race after the Politico story alleging sexual assault, arguing the GOP has stuck behind Kavanaugh despite Blasey Ford’s “compelling testimony” that “she was raped”….
“Well, the first thing I always want to say in… pic.twitter.com/LQssxeKB38
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 6, 2026
It was then that Blow turned to the allegations brought against Kavanaugh during his 2018 confirmation hearing, insisting Christine Blasey Ford had offered “compelling testimony” about an accusation that hadn’t been leveled against the jurist.
“Christine Blasey Ford gave, I thought, compelling testimony against Brett Kavanaugh about what she said — she was raped,” the analyst said, despite her only testifying she “believed” he was going to rape her before the alleged sexual assault was interrupted. “He was still confirmed by Republicans in the Senate. We are just on two different ball fields when it comes to cases like this, situations like this in politics.”
Worth noting, the same newspaper that used to employ Blow for his opinion was also accused of having “delayed and twisted” allegations brought by another of Platner’s ex-girlfriends, Lyndsey Fifield.
“After the story went up, I began to ask them … wait, where are the stories from the other women? Where are their accusations of sexual assault? Why am I the focus? Why are there 11 paragraphs dedicated to detailing my work history (more than has been published about Graham’s by far)? Why does it say ‘nobody could corroborate’ when I offered them sources that COULD corroborate?” she wrote on social media over the weekend before going on to add, “It dawned on me that this really was a set up all along. The journalists I trusted who convinced me to share a story I never wanted to tell methodically delayed and twisted this into a gift to the Platner campaign.”
As for Blow and his reliance on recycled allegations, reactions deemed to be the modus operandi of the left are little more than a “pure evil” attempt to “justify anything they do.”
That’s why they (the marketing team and their party of choice) have worked so hard to keep the messages around Kavanaugh and Trump on repeat. So they can justify anything they do. Pure evil.
— COYSRTR (@CoysRtr) July 7, 2026
Blasey never even claimed she was raped. But I guess “we’re on two different ball fields”?
— Chris Casper (@tampacasper) July 7, 2026
Ford was not a credible witness and there was no evidence of her claims. @nytimes Blow’s assertions are ridiculous and false.
— GBtablereads2 (@GBTablereads2) July 7, 2026
There is to this day no evidence that Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh were ever in the same room. Platner’s accuser is a former girlfriend. Huge difference. Only a putz would argue that’s equivalent.
— Jules! (@sparkly_jules1) July 7, 2026
Do these people even pay attention to what actually happened or do they just construct a narrative in their brains?
— Q (@Quirk22) July 6, 2026
Thank you for showing everyone exactly why the lefts revisions of objective reality are so dangerous to good society.
The continuous lies and propagandists narratives of the left that completely distort reality so things like this can actually be said in public.
I think enough…
— Dr DoGood (@SeanK7YNWA) July 7, 2026
They actually showed it with Ted Kennedy long before Clinton.
— Christopher Webb (@elguaposhedges) July 7, 2026
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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