Molly Jong-Fast: There Wasn’t Any ‘Proper Vetting’ of Graham Platner; ‘This Is Not a Candidate Who Is Ready for Prime Time’

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JONG-FAST: “Yeah. Look, I mean, it’s one thing to have one, you know, to have this first tranche. Remember, there were — there was an earlier group of women, and now this is yet another tranche of allegations. And I think that, you know, when you look at the polling on this, I just was looking at a poll that said 75 percent of people said that, if there were more allegations, he should drop out. And I think this constant stream, and even you see the polling for him, since the last batch of allegations, his numbers have gone down. I do think like — look, I am baffled that the vetting — on the vetting process for this candidate, number one. I mean, this is just, you know, the fact that they’re just constant, you know, allegations, I think really is a sign that there just was not proper vetting here. And, you know, you may, again, align with him politically, but the truth is, like, this is not a candidate who is ready for prime time in — on any stretch of the imagination. And Democrats have, you know, there’s a feeling in the party that candidates like this are not for the party. And, you know, there has been a backlash to Me Too, but it has not been like this.”