Announcement time:
I am not returning to Bama this fall. I will instead be enrolling as a transfer student at Dartmouth College, entering as a sophomore in the Class of 2029.
Alabama will always hold a special place in my heart, but this is for the best. Go Big Green!!!
Back into the void I go (the real world), I'll be back later this month to deliver a personal announcement, but until then I'm logging out again! Bye everyone :)
The apparent โassaultโ is that during what sounds like a heated argument, Platner subdued her and put her in a room, telling her to calm down. That seems to be the extent of any alleged assault.
@PokiJaciii@BobaCalifornian my call is around 20% at the moment but as high as 35% is reasonable, esp with that LA drop being what he needed and not a single vote more
Overall for the Tom Steyer camp:
- Ventura: Bad
- San Francisco: Good-ish
- Santa Barbara: Good
He's hitting *just* what he needs to bring this to a Becerra-Steyer runoff.
But there's definitely a long way to go here.
@dukakis88 I think that's a defensible position to have, but I'm going to continue to sound my position that he should withdraw immediately to allow Dems to name a replacement
I'll expand and say that I expect a certain moral standard from my elected officials. If we must whinge about "there's no assault allegations!," then I'm afraid we've lost the plot.
Platner is morally bankrupt and belongs nowhere near the Senate.
Two things can be true:
1. These accusations, *if true* are deeply problematic and someone with these behaviors belongs nowhere near the Senate. He should withdraw, now.
2. These accusations are "survivable" inasmuch as it won't push him out of the race. Buckle up.
@AzelfDaGirl I've held my nose at this point because I've been waiting to see if the accusations would be career-ending. While I don't find that these accusations *will* end his career, in a just world they should and I want no more part of it.
Well, the story is out now, and the violence aspect definitely seems to have been overblown by people hinting here
Still pretty bad, and the behavior fits everything we know about him, so I'd say its trustworthy despite the source
To those who want the bottom line up front: no rape/sexual assault/punching women but serious allegations of physically harmful abrasive violence and extreme emotional immaturity and toxicity with past partners and a deeper look into his infidelity as well