Democrat who led #MeToo charge stays silent as accusations emerge against Senate hopeful Graham Platner

By Fox News · Fox News

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has been conspicuously silent amid allegations against Senate hopeful Graham Platner despite her prominent role at the height of the #MeToo movement spearheading outrage against two men facing sexual misconduct accusations. Platner allegedly engaged in aggressive physical behavior, according to an ex-girlfriend who spoke with The New York Times . He is expected to become the party's nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine in Tuesday's election. But Gillibrand has remained silent in the wake of the accusations, despite her vocal support for alleged victims of powerful men in the past. In 2017, when a mere "#MeToo" allegation could sink a political career, Gillibrand was among the loudest voices who called for the resignation of then Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken. Eight women had accused him of sexual harassment — including claims that he groped or forcibly kissed women without consent. Franken resigned from Congress in disgrace amid the scandal after immense pressure from inside his own party and from the political right. He later said in an interview with Conan O'Brien that he "deserved due process" that he never got. HOW MUCH BAGGAGE WILL DEMOCRATS ACCEPT FROM MAINE'S GRAHAM PLATNER? Gillibrand stood by her decision to go after a member of her own party when she was running for the Democratic nomination for president despite media scrutiny. "I know the issue of Sen. Franken is hard for many Democrats. But he had eight credible sexual harassment allegations against him, and I had to choose whether to stay silent, or not. If some megadonors have a problem with that, that's on them," she said on X in 2019. "Silencing women for the powerful, or for your friends, or for convenience, is neither acceptable, nor just," she said in another post. GILLIBRAND ON CALLING FOR AL FRANKEN TO RESIGN: 'I WAS NOT GOING TO REMAIN SILENT' She was at it again when Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018, when he was in the throes of the confirmati…