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RetiredParatrooper

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13. No one should be believed by default

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:16 PM

7 hrs ago

I repeat:

NO ONE.

Any victim of SA (or really any crime) should be taken seriously, and their claims investigated. Follow the evidence wherever it leads.

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Platner lost Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan (the iHip News women) [View all] demmiblue 8 hrs ago OP

Give it the sniff test Warpy 8 hrs ago #1

So you think Republicans paid her to tell people about him in 2023 before he was running? EdmondDantes_ 8 hrs ago #3

Comments that begin with "So" are usually straw men, have you noticed? Warpy 8 hrs ago #6

Wait a couple of weeks? It will then be too late karynnj 7 hrs ago #10

we have a deadline of July 13 for him to drop out eShirl 7 hrs ago #11

No one should be believed by default RetiredParatrooper 7 hrs ago #13

I hate being this cynical Warpy 1 hr ago #16

Credible? North Coast Lawyer 8 hrs ago #2

What are you talking about? EdmondDantes_ 8 hrs ago #4

Wouldn't someone making false allegations wait a couple weeks so he couldn't be replaced on the ballot? MichMan 8 hrs ago #5

She wasn't identified in any of news stories I read. North Coast Lawyer 8 hrs ago #7

Here's the article that ran yesterday, and which triggered the move away from Platner WhiskeyGrinder 8 hrs ago #8

And here is the interview with Tapper: demmiblue 7 hrs ago #9

it's not anonymous eShirl 7 hrs ago #12

I love Pumps glasses! Raftergirl 7 hrs ago #14

I'm with Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan.. Cha 6 hrs ago #15