{"id":2628083,"date":"2026-07-10T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ah-the-irony-report-says-progressive-pushed-graham-platner-as-alternative-to-aoc-for-president-because-he-was-male\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T16:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:29:32","slug":"ah-the-irony-report-says-progressive-pushed-graham-platner-as-alternative-to-aoc-for-president-because-he-was-male","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ah-the-irony-report-says-progressive-pushed-graham-platner-as-alternative-to-aoc-for-president-because-he-was-male\/","title":{"rendered":"Ah, the Irony: Report Says &#8216;Progressive&#8217; Pushed Graham Platner as Alternative to AOC for President Because He Was Male"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fah-the-irony-report-says-progressive-pushed-graham-platner-as-alternative-to-aoc-for-president-because-he-was-male%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2628083&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a controversy surrounding graham Platner&#8217;s political campaign, highlighting how unvetted allegations of sexual abuse and scandalous behavior persisted despite multiple warnings. Morris Katz, a prominent progressive political fixer from New york, was a key supporter of Platner, envisioning him as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-will-have-to-do-a-lot-more-than-hold-hearings-to-stop-the-rogue-fbi-and-doj\/\" title=\"...s Will Have To Do A Lot More Than Hold Hearings To Stop The Rogue FBI And DOJ\">future presidential candidate<\/a> and even favoring him over prominent figures like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez due to gender biases. After allegations of partner abuse emerged, Katz continued to back Platner, displaying a belief that a man could overlook serious misconduct. The piece criticizes the low standards and sexist attitudes within certain progressive circles, emphasizing that Platner, unlike AOC, has no accusations against her and questioning the ideological biases that favor male candidates regardless of their scandals. The article also explores broader issues of political accountability and the tendency of some progressives to overlook misconduct based on gender and political expediency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, one of the people who had the most to do with foisting Graham Platner upon Maine Democrats and the American body politic finally issued a <em>mea culpa<\/em> for believing so heavily in the accused rapist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike so many of his supporters, I\u2019m deeply disappointed,\u201d Morris Katz said on X Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as the team became aware of the rape allegations against Graham Platner we advised he suspend his candidacy, and in the following days worked to wind down the campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As soon as the team became aware of the rape allegations against Graham Platner we advised he suspend his candidacy, and in the following days worked to wind down the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Like so many of his supporters, I\u2019m deeply disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Morris Katz (@katz_morris) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/katz_morris\/status\/2075324235363283195?\">July 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The accuracy of this will probably be determined in a bunch of Now The Truth Can Be Told\u2122 post-mortems about how dysfunctional an operation has to be to go into one of the most competitive seats in the nation before the 2026 midterms, elevate a hobbyist oysterman who claimed online to be a socialist or communist, not do a thorough background check on him, still believe in him after numerous incidents proved that background check definitely needed to happen, and finally abandon him not after a credible allegation of partner abuse, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ms-now-says-quiet-part-loud-didnt-believe-past-platner-accuser-associated-right-wing-politics\/\">but of partner abuse lodged by a <em>Democrat<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Because yeah, there were other allegations, but the woman who was dating him at that time had the misfortune of being a Republican.)<\/p>\n<p>However, Morris Katz isn\u2019t just some rando nut job who wandered his way into the biggest political story so far in the 2026 campaign process. He\u2019s a hyper-connected New York-based progressive political fixer best known for guiding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-privately-consulting-zohran-mamdani-radical-leftists-maneuvers-2028-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> into Gracie Mansion in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>And according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/09\/us-news\/mamdani-adviser-pushed-graham-platners-candidacy-in-hopes-of-boxing-out-aoc-from-presidential-run-sources\/?utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=nypost&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> report published Thursday evening, he had way more ambitious goals for Platner than just the Senate: He wanted him to be president in 2032 and thought he was more electable than the other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >potential progressive standard-bearer<\/a>, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, because he\u2019s a dude.<\/p>\n<p>Some progressives these progressives are: Don\u2019t respect nonbinary pronouns and your career is as good as dead, buster, but they also don\u2019t think a woman can run the country.<\/p>\n<p>From the New York Post:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Morris Katz hyped up Platner as a Bernie Sanders successor who could captivate the progressive base of the Democratic Party \u2014 much better than Squad darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who he saw as a losing nominee, two Democratic sources revealed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>One reason Katz favored Platner\u2019s chances over AOC was that he\u2019s a man, sources said. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c\u2018The guy is so f***ing talented,\u2019\u201d Katz boasted around the time of Platner\u2019s campaign launch in August 2025, the source noted, suggesting that the sky was the limit given the slick ads he expected to produce and fundraising he would be able to bring in as a result.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A source said that Katz remained adamant that Platner was \u201chis presidential ticket\u201d even after the rape allegations, unbelievably.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou make this guy senator, and then you make this guy president because, in large part, Morris and like this whole sector of the left do not believe that AOC can win because she\u2019s a woman,\u201d the source told the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>Katz, 27, is apparently tradder than trad because he believes a woman\u2019s place is in the lower chamber, I guess. Find me a paleoconservative Republican power broker this sexist and I\u2019ll buy you an oyster farm. (Provided your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/purple-heart-vet-graham-platner-wished-death-excoriates-op-ed-tim-walz-steroids\/\">mom is willing to subsidize you<\/a> by buying up all your product, that is.)<\/p>\n<p>And there are advantages to being a woman who doesn\u2019t have a documented history of alcohol abuse and a casual approach to what consent might look like. To date, it\u2019s worth noting that AOC has zero rape or abuse allegations against her, for all her faults. She also seemed to know exactly who she was dealing with when asked to endorse Platner, basically ghosting him when asked her opinion by reporters:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Q: Should Democrats abandon Graham Platner?<\/p>\n<p>AOC: \u201cUm you know, I haven\u2019t waded into that primary\u2026\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ou8sgvR1XP\">pic.twitter.com\/Ou8sgvR1XP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/2062569872056295606?\">June 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So yeah, here\u2019s a first in the pages of The Western Journal: Props, AOC. No rape allegations, no abuse allegations, still perhaps on track for a presidential nomination in 2028 or 2032 or whenever. Also, no Nazi tattoos, and one more congressional seat than Graham Platner will ever have. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jd-vance-aoc-trade-2028-barbs-speculation-heats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AOC<\/a> 5, Platner 0.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the obvious irony inherent in picking some obscure oysterman with serious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-year-old-girl-pepper-sprayed-during-interaction-with-rochester-police\/\" title=\"9-Year-Old Girl Pepper Sprayed During Interaction With Rochester Police\">mental health issues<\/a> because he had a Y chromosome, this is perfectly indicative of the low expectations progressive Democrats have, both of their candidates and of the American voter.<\/p>\n<p>The only man responsible for Graham Platner\u2019s actions is Graham Platner, but he\u2019s not the only one responsible for the fact that he\u2019s not just some back-page story in the local Maine media about a random veteran oysterman getting charged with sexual abuse of a former partner.<\/p>\n<p>He was an unvetted guy with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/self-described-worlds-1-race-baiter-posts-viral-video-of-white-holiday-inn-employee-mental-breakdown-social-media-erupts-in-fury\/\" title=\"Self-Described \u2018World\u2019s #1 Race-Baiter\u2019 ...s Viral Video Of \u2018White Holiday Inn Employee\u2019 Mental Breakdown. Social Media Erupts In Fury.\">clear mental health issues<\/a> who remained unvetted despite scandal after scandal, including a Nazi tattoo, and got as far as securing the Democratic nomination, in large part because of Morris Katz.<\/p>\n<p>And Katz, including being a sexist, is also either as credulous as heck or thought other campaign operatives were, too.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/08\/us\/politics\/graham-platner-campaign-implosion-maine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a> report, which had Katz promoting Platner for a presidential run as soon as 2028, he responded to June reports of partner abuse by saying \u201che had asked Mr. Platner directly and repeatedly whether anyone had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-athletes-warned-against-mentioning-chinas-human-rights-violations\/\" title=\"Olympic Athletes Warned Against Mentioning China\u2019s Hu... Rights Violations\">made sexual assault allegations<\/a> against him and the candidate had said no, according to two people familiar with the discussion who described it on the condition of anonymity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How many times had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bombshell-platner-girlfriend-says-secretly-remove-condoms-sex-wasnt-birth-control\/\">Graham Platner<\/a> apparently repeatedly assured everyone behind the scenes that there was nothing more coming down the pike? A lot. And how many times did something else come down the pike? Not just a lot, but on exactly as many occasions as he\u2019d assured everyone behind the scenes that this would never happen again, oysterman\u2019s honor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis should have been over when the guy had a Nazi tattoo. It wasn\u2019t,\u201d a Democratic source told the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen it should have been over when multiple women came out, and there were Reddit posts excusing all of this horrible behavior, not when the guy was, like, 20 years old but when he was 30.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn\u2019t, in part because apparently this is what progressives think men are, and what men will vote for. This is, to use a phrase popularized by former President George W. Bush, \u201cthe soft bigotry of low expectations\u201d in action.<\/p>\n<p>In this way, perhaps Katz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/keith-olbermann-calls-u-s-mens-hockey-team-scumbag-misogynists-gold-medal-triumph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">isn\u2019t a misogynist<\/a> after all, but simply a misanthrope: His opinion of men is low \u2014 perhaps even lower \u2014 than his opinion of women. If that\u2019s the best you can say about a guy, though, the last place he belongs is in the public sphere.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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