Forget corruption: From Graham Platner to Ken Paxton, both parties embrace the politics of hypocrisy

Imagine, for a moment, that Graham Platner was a Republican.

The Democrats would be going nuclear, declaring him a horrible human being.

He’s utterly unfit for office, they would shout, sexting other women while he was married.

How could he represent Maine in the Senate, they would say, when he was sporting a Nazi tattoo?

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Look at the New York Times, which found three women who say he physically...