Ep. 2439 - Believe All Women! (Unless It’s About Graham Platner)

June 5, 2026

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The Democratic Party’s Coalition of the Oppressed

The Democratic establishment is standing behind a congressional candidate who knowingly got a Nazi tattoo, allegedly told an ex-girlfriend he would rape a male home invader “not in a gay way” to “show dominance,” and has been accused of physical abuse by a former partner—and the party’s top Jewish politicians, Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders, are still backing him.

Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, has spent months claiming he didn’t know the Totenkopf (death’s head) tattoo on his chest was a Nazi symbol until last fall. His ex-girlfriend Lindsey Fifefield told the New York Times that he taught her the German word for it years earlier, called it “my Totenkopf,” and joked about it being a Nazi tattoo. He told her he and his Marine unit selected it because “they were like a death unit” and saw a parallel between themselves and the SS. When asked by Chris Hayes whether Fifefield was lying about the physical abuse allegations—grabbing her by the shoulders, yanking her out of a cab, twisting her arm behind her back, shoving her into a bedroom and holding the door closed—Platner said, “Yes, that is not true.” But his campaign did not dispute the rape fantasy remark.

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1 (01:00) **Opening: The Left's Selective "Nazi" Label** - Montage of Democrats dismissing Graham Platner's Nazi tattoo and sexting scandals as irrelevant, while they label mainstream Republicans as Nazis.
2 (03:03) **The Red Flag Parade** - Ben catalogs Platner's prior scandals: Nazi tattoo, Reddit comments, sexting, and praise for a Taliban video of an American soldier being shot.
3 (03:52) **NYT Report: "Unsettling Behavior"** - The New York Times reports that ex-girlfriends recall Platner as charming but also physically threatening, demeaning to women, and regularly unfaithful.
4 (07:02) **The "Not in a Gay Way" Rape Fantasy** - An ex-girlfriend recounts Platner repeatedly saying he would rape a male home invader "to show them that I'm dominant... not in a gay way."
5 (09:06) **More Red Flags: Silver Spoon & Warrior Ethos** - Details on Platner's privileged background ($60k military pension, mom's restaurant as oyster client) and his "warrior ethos" involving keeping an AR-15 around and sharpening an axe while watching TV.
6 (11:30) **Democratic Hypocrisy: "Believe All Women"** - Ben contrasts AOC's impassioned defense of Christine Blasey Ford with her sudden silence and non-involvement in the Platner primary, mocking the "Believe All Women" standard as selective.
7 (14:50) **The New Coalition: Nazis & Radical Islam** - Ben argues the Democratic Party is uniting a "coalition of the oppressed" that includes Nazi-tattooed candidates and pro-terrorism figures like Adam Hamaly.

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Show Notes

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner doesn’t just have a Nazi tattoo – there are now allegations of domestic abuse; we examine Platner’s alleged statement that he would rape a home invader to show dominance; and we talk about why radical Muslims and Nazi fans are finding a warm home in the Democratic Party.

Ep. 2439

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