I don’t like getting all tinfoil hat, and I’m certainly not casting doubt on the veracity of the claims. However, given that this came out after the primary happened, if the Dem leadership just anoint a replacement without even the pretense of a democratic process, it’s going to be awfully suspicious.

(Just to be clear, I’m not stanning for Platner in the slightest here, this just about the Dem establishment looking for any excuse to bypass democracy)