REPORTER #1: On Graham Platner, are you satisfied with the explanations he’s given for the controversies his campaign has faced right now? Are you concerned by what we’ve heard?

SCHUMER: I met with Graham Platner today. We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate.

REPORTER #2: So, you’re saying that Janet Mills, your preferred candidate, has been rattling that she should get back in. You’re standing behind Graham Platner, to be clear here?

SCHUMER: We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate.

REPORTER #3: Does Democrats sticking behind Graham Platner, does that hurt their credibility in attacking Ken Paxton?

SCHUMER: We’re going to take back-, we’ll beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate. Any other subject you got? Any other subject?

REPORTER #4: Do you still endorse Graham Platner?

SCHUMER: “I endorsed Graham Platner. We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate.”

Note that the Senate Minority Leader doesn’t really answer the one question he appeared to answer. We know he endorsed Platner. The question was whether he stands by that endorsement now that it is clear that Platner is a lying sexual deviant in addition to being a former Nazi admirer.

How can any politician, especially one as experienced as Schumer, think this is anything but an evasive, insulting, obnoxious way to respond to reporters? The obvious impression the Condit act leaves is that Schumer and the Democrats are going to pretend Platner isn’t the walking disaster that he is, and hope voters are too dumb to recognize what they are doing.