Sexual abuse

Ms. Fifield also recalled that Mr. Platner’s displays of weaponry and discussions of violence sometimes left her uneasy.

She said he kept an AR-15 lying around his apartment on Capitol Hill, and would sharpen an ax — a relic from his time working on the Appalachian Trail before he enlisted in the Marines — while watching television.

He had what she described as a “warrior ethos” and would fantasize about killing people he deemed a threat, she said. She said he told her thatremoved was about power.

It was something that stuck with her through the years, Ms. Fifield said.

“He said this a lot: If anybody ever broke in here, I wouldremoved them,” she recalled, saying that he added that it would not be in “a sexual way, not in a gay way.”

“He was like, I wouldremoved them to show them that I’m dominant,” she said.

Asked about those remarks, a Platner campaign official did not dispute them. A friend who knew Mr. Platner and Ms. Fifield during that period said the comments sounded out of character.

    • Wisp [fae/faer, any]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      I did say you never actually advocated for voting for them if that’s what this is about

      Edit: I guess my wording was a little vague since I said I wasn’t sure

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        3 months ago

        It’s just so not worth arguing over imo. I for one think having him win would be better if only to prove to libs that gaining x amount of senate seats still changes nothing and to prove that electoralism is a dead end.

        It’s definitely not worth all the people spitting venom at each other over.

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      3 months ago

      Good. There is nothing wrong with saying that an ultra-zionist should lose their seat in theory, but advocating for people to actually vote for their only viable challenger is evil and unprincipled fedposting