Getty Images / Wikimedia Commons New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor, who won a Pulitzer Prize for taking down Harvey Weinstein, didn’t attack Fifield’s partisan affiliations. But she did argue that Fifield’s accusations were “not classic #MeToo” because they were “made in the context of consensual relationships” and because Platner was not Fifield’s boss. With Platner now accused of rape, our Andrew Stiles used Kantor’s parameters to determine if the disgraced Maine Democrat can go down in history as part of “#MeToo.” “The alleged crime occurred in 2021, when Platner was living off of disability benefits, taking six-figure loans from his father, and selling oysters to his mother,” writes Stiles. “This was years before Democrats and journalists anointed him a champion of the forgotten ‘working class.’ He was not a powerful ‘boss.’ The accuser, 41-year-old Jenny Racicot, was not his young employee. Racicot had engaged in an ‘on-and-off relationship with Platner’ for two years before the alleged rape, and her accusations were ‘made in the context of consensual relationships.’” A fourth criteria, which Kantor did not explicitly state but which is obviously true, is that Platner is not a Republican. Per Kantor, Platner is not “#MeToo.” So who is? You’ll have to consult the official Jodi Kantor guide: READ MORE: ANALYSIS: Graham Platner’s Alleged Rape Not a ‘Classic #MeToo’ Case, According to NYT Reporter Jodi Kantor Elsewhere: Just about every congressional Democrat who backed Platner has called on him to resign, including his biggest supporter, the socialist senator Bernie Sanders, who said he spoke with Platner on Tuesday and urged him to leave the race. Will Platner heed his advice? Common sense says yes, but don’t assume it’s a done deal: A “person familiar with the conversations between Platner’s campaign and its progressive allies” told Politico that “Platner will stay in the race if the party tries to anoint an ‘establishment’ candidate.” Fun! Another left-wing Senate candidate, Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed, has said he “never, never called for defunding police” even as he served on the boards of two far-left organizations that called to do so. He’s lying, according to CNN’s KFile, which reported that El-Sayed “repeatedly endorsed defunding the police” during radio interviews in 2020 and 2021. How bad is the Democratic Party’s antisemitism problem? During a recent “bipartisan antisemitism taskforce meeting” held in the House, one Democratic lawmaker reportedly said, “I didn’t really think there was any antisemitism anymore, because all the Jews are rich,” according to Vermont Democrat Becca Balint. The Iranian regime has spent the last 24 hours attacking commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz—and the Trump administration responded by revoking the temporary waivers issued as part of the MOU allowing Tehran to sell oil and striking Iranian air defense systems and other targets, per Axios. Check out our full Wednesday lineup below. Anatomy of a Hype Job: How the New York Times Boosted Graham Platner ‘Political Operative and Known Fabricator’: Left-Wing Lawmakers and Pundits Who Attacked Platner’s Conservative Accuser Now Believe His Liberal One ANALYSIS: Graham Platner’s Alleged Rape Not a ‘Classic #MeToo’ Case, According to NYT Reporter Jodi Kantor From AI Policy to the National Debt To Chuck Schumer, El-Sayed Blames Problems on Israel in Michigan Senate Debate Forget The ‘Squad.’ Meet The ‘Cell’ Plotting To Help Democrats Take Back the House. ‘I Would Not Spend One More Dime’: Arkansas Dem Senate Candidate Calls To Defund ICE Thanks for reading the Washington Free Beacon! Subscribe for free to receive new posts.