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Van Jones: Dems Sticking with Platner Because Collins Won’t Stop ‘Deranged’ Trump
Breitbart ^
Posted on 06/02/2026 8:13:15 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
Monday on CNN’s “The Source,” network political commentator Van Jones said Democrats were sticking with scandal-ridden Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner because Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) won’t stop “completely deranged” President Donald Trump.
Jones said, “You know, I don’t like this kind of stuff in that, you know, there used to be a time where character mattered a lot more. But where we are now, I remember Bill Clinton. He had a bunch of scandals, and the party said, you know what? We are more concerned about end of Republican rule in DC and they rallied behind Bill Clinton. I think you guys see the same thing in Maine. I think the problem you have now is just that the, the standards have dropped so low, because of Trump’s behavior you got a crazy guy running for the Senate in Texas who’ve been impeached, and then all terrible stuff. So the standards are just falling down through the floorboards. And, I don’t think the Democrats are going to run away from them, but it doesn’t make me very happy.”
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: demagogicparty; grahamplatner; maine; susancollins; vanjones
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Jones makes a contradiction, a hallmark of the Left: if Democrats and the Left had already thrown away their standards for Clinton, well before Trump was in the political sphere, then Trump isn't really the reason the Left has no standards and its all about power for them.
Jones admits as much in his attempt to shift accountability for the actions of the Left onto Trump (and Trump is a proxy for 'everyone not on the Left').
To: Tench_Coxe
So the standards are just falling down through the floorboards. And, I don’t think the Democrats are going to run away from themWhat a man, what a man, what a mighty fine man!
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posted on
06/02/2026 8:16:03 AM PDT
by
Kudsman
(Please Mr. President, unload on Senate Majority leader Thune for not passing voter ID. )
To: Tench_Coxe
‘Rats have standards? Since when.
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posted on
06/02/2026 8:20:12 AM PDT
by
TTFlyer
(Lenin: that by the infliction of terror, a well-organized minority can conquer a nation.)
To: Kudsman; Tench_Coxe
From a DNC standpoint, they should swap out Platner for James Talarico, who has a much stronger chance in Maine than in TX.
To: TTFlyer
Yeah, they eat sh*t from clean end.
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posted on
06/02/2026 8:22:56 AM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: Tench_Coxe
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posted on
06/02/2026 8:23:01 AM PDT
by
blackdog
(The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
To: TTFlyer
Maine has RCV.
Who needs standards.
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posted on
06/02/2026 8:23:35 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴)
To: Tench_Coxe
Not being a hardcore communists makes you deranged.
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posted on
06/02/2026 8:23:49 AM PDT
by
bray
(Thank God for Israel)
To: Tench_Coxe
The left for a long time have broken laws, cheered on communists and supported anti-American policies as a means to an end. Being a a cheating scumbag nazi is okay as long as he “stops” Trump. Its just gotten exponentially worse since Trump became POTUS.
To: TTFlyer
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posted on
06/02/2026 8:25:03 AM PDT
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: Tench_Coxe
To: blackdog
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posted on
06/02/2026 8:25:10 AM PDT
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: Tench_Coxe
Because Collins is Trump’s most ardent supporter.
To: Tench_Coxe
Good points.
PS They especially hate Trump exactly because he is exceptionally good at being in the way of the leftscum’s power grab. But all Freepers know that.
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posted on
06/02/2026 8:31:15 AM PDT
by
piytar
(NEVER FORGET Ashli Babbitt, Rosanne Boyland, Corey Comperatore, Iryna Zarutska, and Charlie Kirk!)
To: TTFlyer
Nod. They do have one rule though: power at all costs.
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posted on
06/02/2026 8:32:40 AM PDT
by
piytar
(NEVER FORGET Ashli Babbitt, Rosanne Boyland, Corey Comperatore, Iryna Zarutska, and Charlie Kirk!)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/02/2026 8:33:28 AM PDT
by
piytar
(NEVER FORGET Ashli Babbitt, Rosanne Boyland, Corey Comperatore, Iryna Zarutska, and Charlie Kirk!)
To: Tench_Coxe
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posted on
06/02/2026 8:34:45 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
To: All
Leave it to the Dems to find the one neo Nazi who hates white people
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posted on
06/02/2026 8:35:34 AM PDT
by
escapefromboston
(Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
To: Tench_Coxe
...they rallied behind Bill Clinton.Juanita Broaddrick didn't.
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posted on
06/02/2026 8:39:41 AM PDT
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: Tench_Coxe
Conservatives used to joke that Democrats would vote for Hitler if he ran against Trump. I guess it turned out to be true.
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posted on
06/02/2026 8:41:54 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
(When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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