Chris Knowles

Vice President of Programming, Newsmax

[Chris Knowles @chrisknowlestv]

Just when you think you’ve hit peak patriotism, remember @CarlHigbie walks among us. God Bless America! #Freedom #FourthOfJuly

[Chris Knowles @chrisknowlestv]

Did they actually believe his horsesh*t? Shame on them.

[New York Post @nypost]

Bronx co-op residents rip Mamdani for over 30% rent spike despite ‘affordable housing’ promises https://t.co/pExqLKM1dI

[Chris Knowles @chrisknowlestv]

@MattWhitlock We’re living in two Americas. Just because a shot hasn’t been fired and boundaries haven’t been drawn doesn’t make it any less true.

[Alexandria Hoff @AlexandriaHoff]

This is the part of the Graham Platner story that deserves more sorting.

The - raping the intruder - thing to show “dominance” is not an island in reporting so far (old Reddit post about Kevlar underwear). Such a plan or fantasy is clearly a way to flip the script because being an actual victim of something like a home invasion is uncomfortable. Got it. But considering sexual violence as a viable tool to showcase strength in that scenario means victims of rape as a whole are what? Weak? Defeated?

“Not in a gay way” is getting giggled around for some reason but what a statement like that really says is that when someone is forced into submission, their humanness is irrelevant, gone. Who they are doesn’t matter.

[Mark Meadows @MarkMeadows]

Democrats are funding the KKK, wearing Nazi tattoos and mutilating children.

This is not your Grandfather’s Democratic Party.

[Chris Knowles @chrisknowlestv]

@KamVTV @KenPaxtonTX The more you hear about this Talarico the worst it gets. Kinda like that guy in Maine...

[Chris Knowles @chrisknowlestv]

As gutless as this answer is, one can safely assume it is over for Herr Platner, and by extension, dem dreams of a Maine victory.

[RNC Research @RNCResearch]

Hakeem Jeffries on Platner points to Chuck Schumer when asked about Graham Platner:

"I haven‘t followed it closely. I will continue to defer to Leader Schumer and Senator Gillibrand in terms of the best path forward in Maine."

[Charles R Downs @TheCharlesDowns]

Mark Kelly (@SenMarkKelly) faked a phone call to dodge my questions about Senate Democrats supporting Graham Platner (@grahamformaine), a guy with a Nazi tattoo.

Kelly loves calling Trump “a wannabe dictator” but can’t disavow Platner.

What a hypocrite!

[Patrick Svitek @PatrickSvitek]

New to @CNN, from a source close to Janet Mills:

"The Governor remains on the ballot, and in the wake of this week’s stories, people across Maine are reaching out to tell her they’re voting for her and encouraging her to get fully back into the race." #MESEN

[Amber Duke @ambermarieduke]

NEW from @dailycaller on the NYT's catch and kill operation:

- A source tells @wupton that the NYT had two women prepared to make sexual assault allegations against Platner.
- Those details were revealed to Fifield, presumably to make her feel more comfortable coming forward
- They never made it into the story, allegedly being removed at the behest of NYT editors and Platner's lawyers.
- The Platner campaign was originally only given two hours to respond, but that stretched into 24 hours, contrary to what interview subjects were told

[Lyndsey Fifield @lyndseyfifield]

I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists.

As they left my home they asked that I not talk to any other outlets and I insisted then and repeatedly over the following weeks that I would keep my word and only share this story with them.

But then the weeks dragged on. They kept coming back to us saying the editors needed more. I needed to go on the record (okay). We need more screenshots (okay). I met every bench mark they set, eager to provide more sources or evidence as needed.

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?

Why did they include an out of context quote from a friend joking “do not call Graham” after I called off my wedding? (Because she knew I would never).

Where were the screenshots they’d said they would use? Or the mention that I’d supported local democrats and that most of my family (and husband) are liberal?

The editors said it was too much, they explained.

The Times also failed to include any mention that I DID confide in multiple friends through the years that Graham had been abusive — long before he was running for office. Those friends confirm they told the Times so.

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. Violating the trust of his victims. Shattering the trust I placed in them with the most vulnerable story of my life.

And at the end of my call with them I reluctantly accepted their insistence that this was still a powerful story and that I had done a brave thing. And I thanked them for all the hard work they had put into it.

Still fawning after all these years.

[Lyndsey Fifield @lyndseyfifield]

Anyone who has ever extracted themselves from a relationship with a narcissistic abuser knows it isn’t clean or easy.

I cringe remembering how many times I tried to play the “cool girl” or fawn in response to what was clearly abusive, coercively controlling behavior by Graham.

I also know how dangerous it is to become the target of a narcissist — so even long after our relationship ended I continued to be upbeat any time he reached out, though I would also immediately shut down any attempts on his part to initiate flirting or romanticizing of the past.

Yes, the day I saw him announce he was running I wanted to make sure people knew he had a Nazi tattoo — and I was terrified he would find out it was me.

But of course he knew it was me.

What’s ironic is I absolutely never would have shared my story if he hadn’t been relentlessly attacking my character behind the scenes for months once the tattoo story came out.

I tried to signal that I wasn’t the source and stayed completely silent about him on social media even as most of my friends posted regularly about what a bad person he is.

But then in early April the New York Times came to me. I asked how they got my number. I said I was not interested in sharing my story. They said but wait—there are other women. Women terrified to tell their stories, too, and you need to band together. WE will help you. We will protect you. Men can’t keep getting away with this.

Hours before their first call to me I saw Eric Swalwell’s name plate get removed from his office door in Cannon. It felt like fate.

I welcomed the two journalists into my home days later, nervous and overwhelmed. Justin Fairfax had just murdered his wife and himself the previous day and even conservative pundits were conjecturing that “if only those women hadn’t accused him of abuse, this never would have happened…”

But I told them my story. I let them take pictures of my diary pages. I sent them screenshots of messages and gave them phone numbers and contacts. It was excruciating. I was surprised by what details I remembered, and as I poured through old messages I was horrified by how much I had forgotten.

I explained very clearly that, like many women abused by their partners, I had not told anyone about his violence at the time—I had covered for and defended it. I accepted his earnest apologies. They said that’s fine because the diary entries and my on the record story was enough.

They connected me to two of the other victims so we wouldn’t feel so alone. I insisted to each of them that I trusted the NYT journalists and that we were doing the right thing despite their (sadly very accurate) sense that something was wrong.

One of the victims and I realized our relationships with Graham overlapped completely - he had been cheating on both of us the entire time we were together.

I should note here that my life is just… beautiful. These are the best years of my life. Raising two young girls in a safe, beautiful neighborhood where I work from home and shuffle my children from dance classes and soccer to church events — I am blessed far beyond what I deserve with wonderful friends and family and the most loving, brilliant husband in the world. Why would I blow my life up like this? Why would I risk the psychotic doxxing from violent leftist activists?

Because while I have been terrified to come forward I decided this was the “hard right thing” to do. The guilt of staying silent has nagged me.

Most therapists recommend a “gray rock” approach to extracting yourself from narcissistic abuse — it works really well, but it is a gift to the abuser, allowing them to persist in their delusion that they’ve done nothing wrong.

I couldn’t stay silent as he continued to lie and lie and lie. I want my daughters to boldly speak out if they’re ever abused as I was.

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

Keep in mind that if you're defending Platner at this point you're signing up for 5 more months of defending an obvious pathological liar.

[Guy Benson @guypbenson]

He denies the physically abusive conduct in the same breath as he denies knowledge of the significance of his own Nazi tattoo. The latter is a lie that was previously exposed by CNN & is confirmed here by an ex, exploding his timeline. He’ll lie about the next thing, too.

[Chris Knowles @chrisknowlestv]

Two things that should be an obvious indicator that Platner is done:
1. The NY Times is reporting on just how bad this creep is.
2. AOC refuses to endorse him.
Both the propaganda arm of the party and its most prominent face are OUT. Mark my words - it's only a matter of when.

[Chris Knowles @chrisknowlestv]

@MattWhitlock Also, I would point out to the dopey defenders -- THIS IS IN THE TIMES. YOUR OWN PARTY WANTS HIM OUT. Thank you.

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

Just asked Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer if he still supports Graham Platner, and he ignored the question and walked on the floor.

[Chris Knowles @chrisknowlestv]

@CrossingBroad The poll seems valid. But you cannot remove 3/4 of hot takes on WIP, just like that.

[Carl Higbie @CarlHigbie]

I have been beating the drum on Henry Nowak case before it was a headline...
@elonmusk would you consider coming on my show to talk about the legal path you have said you will back for his family????

[Chris Knowles @chrisknowlestv]

@RNCResearch Even if you ignored the laundry list of disqualifying issues … you’d still have to explain what Herr Platner knows about the economy. She’s so dishonest.