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How conspiracy minded do you have to be to think she texted her friend warning her about Platner years before his senate run in order to sabotage him now? Those messages don’t actually exist anymore. We have only her word. Racicot said she later deleted all her texts and social media correspondence with Platner as she tried to move on from the assault, and said she has not been able to recover the Instagram messages she sent him about the incident. I wouldn’t call this damning. People react to grief in complex ways. But it also means that you shouldn’t spread misinformation about there being text messages. Yes, she claims there were text messages, but ultimately it’s still just her word. These texts provide zero evidence, as they no longer exist. She claims that a lot of evidence existed in the past, but that all of that evidence has been lost. Is that possible? Sure, that does happen in some cases of rape and assault. Some folks just want to move on. But it’s part of a larger picture that together is pretty damning: She deleted all correspondence with Platner that could corroborate her claim. She showed emails to Politico from her therapist, where she mentioned Platner and the alleged assault - but those emails and therapy sessions are recent. There is a man, a later romantic partner, that the victim supposedly told her story to - yet he’s chosen to remain anonymous and Politico There is a woman, a friend of the victim, who Politico says received messages from the victim saying to avoid Platner. Again, the person is anonymous. So, all the supporting evidence is either deleted, not contemporary to the events, or from anonymous people that cannot be verified. Why else would she say Platner assaulted her in this way other than he assaulted her? Because money and power are on the line.