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Maine author Stephen King defends Graham Platner amid assault allegations (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 13 hrs ago OP
Is there a way to get a transcript of this? nt LAS14 13 hrs ago #1
You can click on closed caption [cc] button Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 13 hrs ago #5
They literally just showed a tweet of his on screen Sympthsical 12 hrs ago #9
And is he really thinking people would be sad to get rid of a bunch of predators? EdmondDantes_ 12 hrs ago #14
Here is the transcript. sheshe2 12 hrs ago #15
Thanks Sympthsical 11 hrs ago #20
You're welcome. sheshe2 11 hrs ago #22
A few, actually RetiredParatrooper 12 hrs ago #12
snapshot Celerity 12 hrs ago #18
I can see Stephen King's point lindalou65 13 hrs ago #2
Two wrongs don't make a right. BigmanPigman 13 hrs ago #4
The payments to Congressional staffers claiming abuse by their boss are not readily public information, even though in2herbs 13 hrs ago #6
It's nice to see *some* thoughtful reasoning on this site Tim S 13 hrs ago #3
Ive heard the same argument about trump from magas SSJVegeta 13 hrs ago #7
Susan Collins says "These allegations are appalling. Nevertheless, it is not up to me to choose the Democratic in2herbs 13 hrs ago #8
Missing the mark on this one Steve Boo1 12 hrs ago #10
He's a good fiction writer. eShirl 12 hrs ago #11
He did, then he faced backlash, then he deleted it, then he clarified his comments Quiet Em 12 hrs ago #13
Thanks! sheshe2 12 hrs ago #17
Defending rapists is never a good look pinkstarburst 12 hrs ago #16
Actual tweets MorbidButterflyTat 12 hrs ago #19
The last one is, when foot is in mouth change the subject. Srkdqltr 11 hrs ago #21

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(139,237 posts)
5. You can click on closed caption [cc] button
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:04 PM
13 hrs ago

Other than that, I know of no other way to get text

Sympthsical

(11,352 posts)
9. They literally just showed a tweet of his on screen
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:22 PM
12 hrs ago

The tweet says:

Tell you what--if you knew the whole truth about everyone in the Senate and House of Reps, those chambers would be dead empty. Jesus said, "Let him without sin cast the first stone."


That's it. That's the headline, lol. Clicky clicky.

EdmondDantes_

(2,366 posts)
14. And is he really thinking people would be sad to get rid of a bunch of predators?
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:32 PM
12 hrs ago

What's the downside to getting rid of sex predators?

sheshe2

(99,228 posts)
15. Here is the transcript.
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:32 PM
12 hrs ago

DEMOCRAT GRAHAM PLATNER SAYS HE IS "TAKING THE TIME TO REFLECT ON THE BEST PATH FORWARD" IN THE MAINE SENATE RACE -- AFTER A MAINE WOMAN ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER.
0:1818 seconds PLATNER.... WHO IS DENYING THE ALLEGATION... STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING HE WOULD END HIS CAMPAIGN, BUT SIGNALED HE IS WEIGHING ITS FUTURE, AS HE SEEKS TO UNSEAT REPUBLICAN SUSAN COLLINS.
0:2828 seconds THE WOMAN BRINGING THESE NEW CLAIMS FORWARD IS JENNY RACICOT, RACICOT, WHO TOLD CNN AND POLITICO THAT PLATNER DRUNKENLY RAPED HER IN 2021....RECALLING A NIGHT WHERE HE CAME OVER TO HER HOUSE UNINVITED...
0:3939 seconds IN A VIDEO POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA... PLATNER CALLED THE ACCOUNT "FALSE" AND CLAIMED THE ALLEGATIONS ARE COACHED AND COORDINATED BY OUT-OF-STATE ESTABLISHMENT OPERATIVES...
1:121 minute, 12 seconds PLATNER SECURED THE SENATE NOMINATION BY RECEIVING MORE VOTES THAN
1:411 minute, 41 secondsANY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY CANDIDATE IN MAINE HISTORY-- AND MANY OF THOSE áVOTERSá HAVE STOOD BY HIM DESPITE PREVIOUS SCANDALS.
1:461 minute, 46 seconds NOW... PLATNERS' OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS -- WITH SOME WITHDRAWING SUPPORT -- AND CALLING FOR ACTION.
1:511 minute, 51 seconds JAMIE AZULAY IS REPORTING IN STUDIO THIS MORNING -- JAMIE... WHO ARE WE HEARING FROM AND WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
2:002 minutes SUPPORT FOR PLATNER IS FADING FAST -- FROM FEDERAL LAWMAKERS TO GROUPS RIGHT HERE AT HOME -- WE'RE SEEING GROWING CALLS FOR PLATNER TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE FOR SENATE.
2:132 minutes, 13 seconds HIS OPPONENT -- SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS -- CALLING THE ALLEGATIONS APPALLING. BUT IT'S NOT JUST REPUBLICANS WHO WANT HIM OUT -- DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR HANNAH PINGREE WRTING "GRAHAM PLATNER SHOULD EXIT THE
2:202 minutes, 20 secondsRACE IMMEDIATELY." SHE SAYS NO PARTY SHOULD STAND BEHIND A CANDIDATE FACING ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALSO PULLING THEIR SUPPORT -- AND FINANCIAL ENDORSEMENTS.
2:322 minutes, 32 seconds A SPOKESPERSON SAYING THE ACTION FUND UNEQUIVOCALLY BELIEVES WOMEN.
2:372 minutes, 37 seconds MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN WHO PREVIOUSLY CALLED PLATNER "MY KIND OF GUY" NOW SAYING DEMOCRATS NEED PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON WHO REPRESENT THEIR VALUES...
2:472 minutes, 47 seconds PLATNER IS HOLDING ON TO áSOME SUPPORT -- AUTHOR STEPHEN KING WRITING ON X THAT HE HOPES PLATNER DOES NOT DROP OUT OF THE RACE...
2:572 minutes, 57 secondsADDING THAT HE THINKS MANY POLITICIANS HAVE CONCERNING BEHAVIOR. INTERESTINGLY... NO WORD YET FROM VERMONT'S INDEPENDENT SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS WHO HAS BEEN A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF PLATNER.
3:073 minutes, 7 seconds PLATNER POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SAY THE ALLEGATIONS ARE FALSE BUT ALSO THAT HE IS TAKING TIME TO REFLECT ON WHAT THIS ALL MEANS FOR HIS CAMPAIGN GOING FORWARD.
3:153 minutes, 15 seconds IF HE DOES DROP OUT... HE MUST DO SO BY JULY 13 -- NEXT MONDAY.
3:193 minutes, 19 secondsTHEN... THE STATE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY WOULD HAVE TO PICK A NEW CANDIDATE TO REPLACE HIM BY JULY 2

RetiredParatrooper

(275 posts)
12. A few, actually
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:29 PM
12 hrs ago

1. Go to the Youtube link. Under the video title with be a summary of the video and its contents. Click on the '...more' or 'show more' in that box. Scroll down and click 'Show transcript'. There it is, complete with time stamps.

2. Use an AI to generate the transcript by asking it to get it from the Youtube link.

lindalou65

(399 posts)
2. I can see Stephen King's point
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:01 PM
13 hrs ago

given that we have a president with 34 felonies, and is implicated in Epstein's trafficking young girls and boys for sexual reasons plus E. Jean Carroll who he raped. How many other senators and reps are involved in such behavior and yet they sit in the Congress without judgement. It's a very sad situation we have.

in2herbs

(4,699 posts)
6. The payments to Congressional staffers claiming abuse by their boss are not readily public information, even though
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:07 PM
13 hrs ago

those payments are made with our tax dollars. And, BTW, no payments are made without the exercise of Due Process.

There was a story about this a few months back.

Tim S

(385 posts)
3. It's nice to see *some* thoughtful reasoning on this site
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:03 PM
13 hrs ago

It’s starting to get like the bad old days here (*way* before I got an account here)

SSJVegeta

(3,539 posts)
7. Ive heard the same argument about trump from magas
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:10 PM
13 hrs ago

It falls flat with them as much as it does for King

in2herbs

(4,699 posts)
8. Susan Collins says "These allegations are appalling. Nevertheless, it is not up to me to choose the Democratic
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:16 PM
13 hrs ago

Last edited Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:50 PM - Edit history (1)

nominee for Senate.”

But she thinks it's right that she chose to vote for an (alleged) rapist to be a USSC Justice for the nation.


Boo1

(737 posts)
10. Missing the mark on this one Steve
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:24 PM
12 hrs ago

Might want to walk this one back. Defending rapists isn't going to sell books.

pinkstarburst

(2,125 posts)
16. Defending rapists is never a good look
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:37 PM
12 hrs ago

We can do better.

Saying that there are creepy rapists in power so why not elect more... is not a good argument and maybe Stephen King should shut the F up and stick to writing horror.

We can do better. I absolutely believe there has to be someone in Maine who is a decent person and is not a creepy rapist who we can nominate for that seat and the intelligent democrats of Maine will get behind them just like California rallied behind Becerra. Why a few weirdos are hanging on to Platner and his nazi tattoos like he's the last hope of mankind is beyond me...

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