# Episode 591 - Episode 591- The Great White Cope: Graham Platner & The Establishment Left Who Loved Him (w/ Kshama Sawant)

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Podcast: [Bad Faith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-faith-1365797)
Published: 2026-07-09T06:51:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 6097

## Resource

Former socialist Seattle city council woman Kshama Sawant returns to Bad Faith podcast to break down the fall out from the latest Graham Platner scandal and how the establishment-left media that made him is responding. Should they have supported him in the first place given his unrepentant enthusiasm for war? Did left media figures abandon their responsibility to vet his anti-imperial bonafides? If they had, could they have avoided the embarrassment of defending a man who once said he'd rape a home intruder to demonstrate dominance? Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod) .

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