Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions.

Republicans of all stripes condemned Democrats this week for having once supported now-former Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner, saying Democrats should’ve walked away from the candidate after the first news reports surfaced in June that found Platner did not treat women well.

Their criticism, however, is not only unfair—as Democrats denounced and rejected Platner after he was credibly accused of rape—but it’s especially rich given that they support President Donald Trump.

Trump has himself been credibly accused of sexual assault by multiple women, including being held liable for sexually abusing journalist E. Jean Carroll—yet Republicans have not denounced him nor chased them from their party. In fact, they stand by him even as he cast doubt on Platner’s accuser, because he simply doesn’t believe women when they make sexual assault allegations.

What’s more, there are multiple Republicans serving in Congress at this very moment who have been accused of heinous treatment of women—including Ohio GOP Rep. Max Miller, who is accused of domestic violence by the daughter of a sitting U.S. senator, and Florida Republican Rep. Cory Mills, who has also been accused of domestic violence—who Republicans have not pushed out of their races and continue to support.

Here are the hideously hypocritical Republicans whose walls will shatter when the stones they are throwing blow back on their glass houses:

“Elections are about choices,” Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) wrote in a post on X, lecturing Democrats from his high horse. “Even if they muscle him out of the race, Chuck Schumer and all of the Democrats who turned a blind eye to Graham Platner’s background to support him still need to answer for this all the way to Election Day.”

Hey, Dave, do you still support Trump? Thought so. 

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) also acted holier than thou when he criticized Democrats for once supporting Platner.

“They didn’t have a problem with multiple credible allegations of abuse from multiple women,” Gill said on Fox News. “They have had no problem, really unsavory, frankly, disgusting things that he’s written on all kinds of social media platforms. We need decent people running for office, not those who are so transparently scumbags.”

Again, Gill supports Trump and is close with former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who faced allegations that he sex trafficked minors. Gill is the last person who should be lecturing anyone.

Meanwhile, after Democrats began rebuking Platner and rescinding their endorsements, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) bragged. “I never endorsed Graham Platner.”

Yeah, but he endorsed Trump after he bragged about grabbing women “by the pussy” and after he had been accused of sexual assault by multiple other women. What does that say about him?

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) got similarly pious. “The latest allegations against Graham Platner are very serious, but let’s not kid ourselves about what’s going on here. The Democrats were willing to look past his other serious misconduct because they agreed with his left-wing views,” Cotton wrote in a post on X. 

Buddy, look in the mirror. You support Trump! Sit your ass all the way down.

Kevin McCarthy is no longer in Congress, but as an honorable mention he must be listed here, because his comment was beyond absurd. After the latest Platner allegation surfaced, McCarthy went on Fox News and said, “The one thing I know about Republicans is when we had a very bad candidate and found out, we didn’t vote for that person. We walked away.”

Are you fucking kidding me? The nerve of these people. 

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