Marcus Targets 2 Senate Campaigns for Hypocrisy Over Platner and Paxton Scandals
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 8
Marcus Targets 2 Senate Campaigns for Hypocrisy Over Platner and Paxton Scandals
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 8
Summary
Fox News columnist David Marcus argues both parties are excusing scandal-plagued Senate nominees because control of key seats matters more than candidate conduct.
In Maine, Democrat Graham Platner faces allegations from 3 women of abusive or threatening behavior, scrutiny over a Nazi-linked tattoo, and questions about whether party allies minimized the fallout before the primary.
Marcus says Democrats still see the 41-year-old Marine veteran as a possible path to unseating Republican Sen. Susan Collins, even as some liberals publicly call his past behavior misogynistic and demand apologies.
In Texas, Republicans are similarly rallying behind Attorney General Ken Paxton despite impeachment, dropped FBI-related scrutiny, a health care fraud settlement and adultery allegations, after his primary win over John Cornyn.
The column’s broader claim is that both parties now tolerate almost any baggage in their own nominees if it helps them hold or flip a Senate seat.