The Five's Tarlov Defends Platner's 'Platform', Says Won't Be Lectured By Party Of Trump
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The Five's Tarlov Defends Platner's 'Platform', Says Won't Be Lectured By Party Of Trump

With Maine's U.S. Senate Primary slated for next Tuesday, the liberal, elite media are doing all they can to limit the damage caused by the drip, drip, drip of revelations against Democrat Graham Platner, who was accused by three women in a Thursday New York Times story of volatile and “toxic” relationships that were unsettling and at times emotionally wrenching. On Friday's edition of the Fox News Channel's The Five, liberal Jessica Tarlov went to the mat for Platner's chances in November. Kayleigh McEnany provided the background and then threw it to Tarlov, who proceeded to imply that unless you are in Maine, you have no right to weigh in, and that the people of Maine may be less informed, and or not care as much about Platner's baggage:     TARLOV: Well, the thing is it's not up to me, and it's not up to anyone sitting at this table. We're sitting here in an air-conditioned studio in New York City. And the people of Maine, who are, by the way, not terminally online, might have a different opinion of this. "We'll find out if Democrats in Maine like Nazi tattoos," McEnany replied. That one seemed to hit a nerve with Tarlov, who momentarily paused and replied with an "okay" before continuing to praise what Platner stands for: What people have heard that they like is his platform. They've heard him talking about making sure that working-class people can have a better quality of life. They've heard him talking about Medicare for all, that we all deserve decent health care. These are things resonating across the country, in Democratic and in Republican districts. Yes, and Mussolini made the trains run on time. Tarlov then sent mixed messages about The Times story: The article was deeply disturbing to me. (....) That's really serious stuff, and you look insane if you're just outright saying oh, I don't consider this to be a real thing. (...) They also did a disservice putting [Lyndsey Fifield] out there essentially on her own when there is an argument, which is being made and taken very seriously by people that this could be politically motivated. This woman does work for Republican organizations, Heritage, Independent Women. She was one of the founders of a group called Ladies for Kavanaugh.  After saying her party will not be "lectured by the party of Donald Trump or Ken Paxton," Tarlv brought up an accusation against Congressman Max Miller (R-IL) of pouring boiling water on his wife (which he has denied), and used a post by Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report to claim that it will be "older, white women who live in Kennebec or York City," who will determine the election, once again ridiculously stating, "At this point, it's not up to us."  Gutfeld had enough:   GUTFELD: I'm so glad to be in an air-conditioned studio. I didn't know that it obscures my view of a Nazi. Somehow, my opinion means less about a guy with a Nazi tattoo, because I'm in an air-conditioned studio. TARLOV: But you don't vote for him is my point. (....) GUTFELD: We have been lectured by your party about toxic masculinity for years. Even examples of chivalry, whether it was opening a door. Is this really, you know, a sign of some kind of -- of male patronage, patriarchal action? And then you get the very apex of toxic masculinity, Nazism, physical abuse, mental abuse, recklessness, drunkenness, and suddenly, the rhetoric dissolves, and it's more ohhh, about this rugged man struggling through a dark period, as if giving his bad behavior a chapter heading kind of makes it less repugnant. How long is this dark period, Jessica? But I know it doesn't matter, we're not voting. It's not up for us to say. I just have a question. Is he a toxic male or not? Is he a toxic male?  TARLOV: I find him to be toxic. GUTFELD: Okay, good, that's good. Then you should -- then you shoud judge it and say, I think it's disgusting. TARLOV: I did say it. Did you not hear what I said for three minutes? GUTFELD: I heard it buried in a lot of whataboutisms. (....) GUTFELD: This is an insult to all men. They prop this guy up as "one of us," a grizzled everyman, Jesse, a noble warrior. This was their version of a dude just like Swalwell. Oh, if I only knew about Swalwell then that I knew about now, I wouldn't have voted for him. Well, now here's your chance, and you're still supporting him, okay? Tim Walz, Hasan Piker, these were your men. Any guy -- any real guy...would avoid this guy at a bar. He gives you the creep vibes the way Swalwell did. As usual, Gutfeld exposed Tarlov's left-wing nonsense for what it is.