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Tim Scott Accuses New York Times of Covering Up Maine Democratic Candidate Scandal
Republican Senator Tim Scott accused The New York Times and Senate Democrats of deliberately delaying serious allegations about Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner to benefit Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Republican Senator Tim Scott accused The New York Times and top Senate Democrats of deliberately delaying devastating allegations about Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner to buy time for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his party. Scott's accusation came after an allegation surfaced that Platner had raped his ex-girlfriend Jenny Racicot.
Scott, as chairman of the Senate Republicans' campaign arm, the NRSC, suggested that Schumer and the newspaper deliberately sat on the bombshell story to find a replacement candidate for Platner. "We should have seen this information long ago. But what they did was decide to keep him in the race as long as possible to make the necessary change and try to hold onto that power," he said.
Scandals surrounding Graham Platner have been piling up for about a year. Last fall, footage emerged of him drunkenly dancing with a Nazi symbol tattoo on his chest. This week, the situation came to a head with Racicot's rape allegation. Months earlier, a June report in The New York Times stated that multiple women had recounted being aware of Platner's Nazi tattoo, that he exhibited disturbing behavior, and showed signs of violence, which had raised deep doubts among Democrats in Washington.
Scott pointed out that support for Platner evaporated overnight, especially after the latest rape scandal, and said that Democrats' sudden abandonment of their candidate now, despite months of allegations, was an indication of their desire to defeat Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine and seize the Senate majority. "These allegations and facts were true all along, for as long as Democrats knew. Now they are distancing themselves from him one by one, but earlier they all lined up to support him," Scott said, adding, "This shows me that their real goal is power over principle, politics over policy."
New York Times spokesperson Charlie Stadtlander, in a statement to Fox News Digital, called Scott's accusations "completely baseless." A source close to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) said the committee had nothing to do with the story in question. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer did not respond to a request for comment.
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