What other skeletons are lurking in Graham Platner's closet?
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hat have we learned at this point about Graham Platner, presumptive Democratic candidate for Senate in the high-stakes race against Susan Collins in Maine? Mainers — and the national media — were certainly sold one story about Platner: that of an antiwar Marine during the Iraq War, a hardscrabble oysterman, and a working-class straight talker.
And then, one by one, we discovered that each of these biographical points were, when not outright false, distorted beyond all recognition. It turns out that Platner, who frequently accuses Senator Collins of “voting to send him to Iraq,” actively volunteered two years after the United States declared war because — in his own words, later hastily erased from Reddit — “I wanted to have an adventure and kill some people.” (He hated the job so much he later signed up with Blackwater as a mercenary to go to Afghanistan.) It turns out that his vaunted oyster farm’s biggest customer is his mother, who buys his tiny haul for her restaurant.
Platner boasts of being a “working-class guy living a working-class life,” but a New York Times investigation into his background earlier this month revealed that he was in fact the rich and downwardly mobile progeny of upper-class wealth, a man who attended one of the most expensive and elite private schools in America — but only for a year, before transferring to a different private school. He is and has always been financially supported by his parents, who bought his house for him and keep him in “business,” such as it is. In other words, he’s a failson turning to politics in his idle frustration. (It is a story familiar to many upper-class families .)
And then, of course, there’s the whole problem of the Nazi death’s head he tattooed across his chest at the age of 20 and proudly kept right up until the moment it became public knowledge last November. You know the details of the story already — this, taken with the many “Nazi-curious” acts scattered throughout his known life to date, would have instantly disqualified him from running for office in any sane world, but sanity left the 2026 electoral cycle long ago.
Now, the latest scandal emerges, and it’s quite the doozy. It turns out that earlier in the spring of 2025, mere months before he declared his candidacy, Graham Platner was caught by his wife juggling as many as six separate sexting relationships with other people. From the New York Times :
Mr. Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, told a senior campaign aide that he had been exchanging sexual messages with multiple other women.
It was the kind of revelation with the potential to damage the political newcomer just as his campaign to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, was beginning to resonate with voters, especially in a state where female voters make up a large share of the electorate.
Mr. Platner’s exchanges with women were confirmed by current and former campaign officials, who gave different accounts of some of the details. Ms. Gertner said the couple, who had married in November 2023, according to the town clerk of Sullivan, Maine, was working through his indiscretions in marriage counseling.
Democrats were already concerned enough about having to back a man who proudly tattooed a Nazi death’s head across his chest and kept it even after the moment he decided he wanted to run for Senate as a progressive leftist. But what will they do if they find themselves politically committed to an actual moral monster? What if there are worse and more reckless things in the world than tattooing a t otenkopf on your right breast?
Because you need to understand: I’m not talking about Graham Platner’s marriage difficulties here. That’s what the story (also covered in similar detail by the Wall Street Journal , suggesting both were working from the same sourcing simultaneously) is nominally about. But as disgusting as Platner’s treatment of his new wife was, it’s the sort of story we’ve all encountered before in politics. It should harm him with voters, but I can’t tell the voters of Maine what to think any more than I could convince Texas Republicans not to nominate Jabba the Hutt for Senate.
I do, however, think they’ll be turned off by the sight of a nude Platner , wrapped only in a towel, posing just perfectly for his profile pic on an app called “Kik” to conceal the giant Nazi tattoo on his chest. (Remember: He claims he had no idea it was a hate symbol.) And this detail brings us to another problem: I want to know why an adult male would have a Kik account .
The Journal reported that Platner “has an active account on Kik . . . a messaging platform that has been widely used for sexual encounters.” The campaign told the paper that the candidate “had long deleted the app from his phone but hadn’t deactivated his account.”
Kik is known as a place for teenagers to speak anonymously and has faced scrutiny over incidents of sexual exploitation over the years. The Journal does not elaborate on Platner’s use of the platform — but the obvious question is raised: Why did he turn to this particular app?
As a secondary question: These new stories are primarily coming from (and being confirmed by) Genevieve McDonald, Platner’s former political director, who resigned in October. McDonald was the person charged with doing “internal oppo” on Platner — the normal vetting process whereby a campaign frankly assesses all of their candidate’s potential personal and political weaknesses. And as all of these stories about Platner’s personal rottenness drip forth, all with immaculate sourcing and ironclad claims, I begin to ask myself: What remaining skeletons could possibly be hiding in Graham Platner’s closet that would make McDonald not only quit his campaign, but also potentially dynamite her own career in order to tell the truth about him? What are we about to find out next about Graham Platner?
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The Maine Democrat joined Kik when it was already known as a hotbed for child pornography, kidnapping, and sexual abuse.
Another “crazed” democratic socialist ….. nothing more.
I would think 'crazy' and 'democratic socialist' were synonyms... those Bernie Bros are fucking nuts.
Just so we're all on the same page here - definitions of Democrat and Democrat Socialists are provided below:
Yes and just to clarify, our individual tax system is already very progressive. The Affordable Care Act …. Wasn’t. And the Government can’t run a good healthcare system for less than 5% of our population. Anyone who believes they can do it for 100% of Americans is nuts.
Sure. So what's the Majority working on to fix it?
Neither side seems interested in “really” fixing it but one thing I know for sure. Universal Healthcare isn’t the answer until the Fed gets it shit together …. And I’m not holding my breath for that to happen
We can agree on that.
Congress needs to outlaw direct lobbying as bribery and start doing their jobs, instead of perpetually running for reelection.
The Democrats are Democratic socialists are indistinguishable as has been clear since the they let Sanders, a Democratic Socialist, run in their presidential primary.
Only to people who don't care to pay attention or those pusing partisan propaganda.
Yeah... the internet meme that didn't win.
I get it's embarrassing that the Democratic Party now says "how high" when Democratic Socialists tell them to jump. But pretending they are separate entities at this point is silly. Like claiming the "freedom caucus" aren't Republicans.
he internet meme that didn't win
He won 23 states in 2016 and was basically bought off in 2020 with promises that Biden would turn his domestic agenda over to the socialists, which he did.
It is. The Democratic Party isn't anymore immune to the infection of populism than the Republican Party.
While I understand your point I disagree.
No and that doesn't really hold up. If you want to talk about how the two party system has a stranglehold on our electoral system, we can do that. But trying to equate different parties with overlapping ideals to parties that form internal caucus groups is not going to work with me.
Sanders did not win the Democratic Party endorsement. He won his Vermont seat as an Independant. Biden made concessions to Progressives and Bernie Bros for votes, many of which are still pissed at him for not delivering.
If you're looking at me to defend Biden, or the Democrats, you're barking up the wrong tree. Biden got elected because he wasn't Trump.
I heard he used the same artist Hegeth used for his Nazi ink. /s
So Hegseth's artist does normal tattoos and then branches out into Nazi images for Democrats? Is that what you are saying?
I'm saying anyone who condemns Platner while supporting Trump and Co are hypocrites. Assholes cut from the same cloth.
Bizzare way to say that by refercing Hegseth just because he has tattooes .
Assholes cut from the same cloth.
Right, anyone who would vote for Platner while criticizing Trump is a hypocrite and an asshole.
You're not the first person to call me weird.
To think we finally agree on something and it's not even noon here on Monday.
This is a ridiculous statement.
Platner has a Nazi tattoo and Democrats are openly supporting him. Who in "Trump and Co" have Nazi tats?
John, stop making me agree with Sean. I don't like it.
Not sure about that one, but somebody in the trump admin wore a coat similar to a nazi coat and a huge deal was made about that.
Remember the hysteria over the "Nazi stage?"
And now we have a wannabe Senator who sported a literal Nazi tattoo for about 20 years and it's no big deal......
Oh yeah, and elon musk suddenly became a nazi because of a still photo. It’s ridiculous.
But did Graham Platner party with Jeffrey Epstein? Has Platner flown on Epstein's jet? Has Platner visited Epstein Island?
I don't know about Epstien, but it sounds like he could have attended a lot of the same parties Matt Gaetz threw.
not that anybody from the left would admit it. They are only focused on ONE person despite what the records actually show.
The focus has been on Jeffrey Epstein. Don't blame Democrats for Donald Trump mishandling the issue.
(Democrats have not been unscathed by the Epstein scandal. Democrats have held their own accountable, too.)
Why would Democrats allow scandals to sidetrack their politics? Why give Trump Republicans that advantage?
Not it's not. They're focusing on one person.
I don't. Nowhere did I even attempt to point out that failure.
That's a serious question?
Which 'they'? Jeffrey Epstein was a political weapon targeting Bill Clinton (and Democrats). Donald Trump was not focusing on Trump when he made the Epstein files a political issue. That was intended to be red meat for Trump's phony penthouse MAGA crew.
You also did not point out that Trump's failure has normalized scandal. Trump Republicans has twisted themselves into a double standard by ignoring Trump's questionable associations and questionable past.
Yep, that was a serious question. Trump Republicans have set a high bar for outrage. Why should Democrats follow social norms when Trump Republicans believe they are above reproach?
and yet Clinton and the Democrats aren't the focus of the left now is he.
I also didn't point out a "scandal". I only noted that the left is only focused on one person.
Nazi tattoo? Fine and dandy!
Push antisemitic conspiracies? Fine and dandy!
Admit you joined the army just because you want to kill people? Fine and dandy!
Cheating on your wife immediately after being married? Fine and dandy!
Wishing death upon wounded American soldiers ? Fine and dandy!
Lying about your background? Fine and dandy?
Set up profiles on sites designed for sex predators? Fine and dandy!
Have zero accomplishments other than being a bartender? Fine and dandy!
Train left wing domestic terrorists in military tactics? Fine and dandy!
The same people who attack Trump night and and day for his character are rallying around this clown to defeat the most moderate Senator in the Country. IS there a line that would actually cause Democrats to turn on him?
Yet again, the only thing that to Democrats is power. As their embrace of Platner reveals, the only thing they don't like about Trump is the R after his name.
You can ratchet down the poutrage; you're not fooling anyone. Trying to act all offended by this guy while giving your dear Leader Donald a pass on everything is truly the height of hypocrisy. Personally, I think Platners worst crime is being stupid enough to go along with his rightwing conservative Aryan nation macho military brothers to get a tattoo that he claims he didn't know what it meant. Of course, if he was actually out at rallies and protests side-by-side with neo-Nazis flying swastika flags like the MAGAites were flying their confederate flags in Charlottesville, then I'd have to agree and this guy has no place in the Democratic party.
Instead, all I see are the red-in-the-face with faux conservative outrage Trump sycophants desperate to try to score points for their slimy bigot boss. Anything they can do to deflect and defend for their dear Leader. It's like listening to North Korean loyalists defend the reign of the Kim's. The abject prostration and groveling before their disgusting idols of worship is truly sickening.
Even if Platner had done EVERYTHING Trump has done, had been a 34 time convicted felon and accused pedophile, found liable for sexual assault, been accused by two dozen other women of sexual assault, cheated on all three of his wives, cheated on his third wife while she was home with their new baby and then paid porn stars he fucked nearly a quarter million to keep quiet during his campaign, been impeached for abuse of power not just once but twice, imposed illegal and unconstitutional tariffs on businesses, inspired an attempted insurrection where his followers beat officers and vandalized our Capital on his behalf only for him to pardon them for their crimes and is trying to set up a slush fund to pay them off for committing crimes on his behalf, even after ALL that, Platner would still not be running for the highest office in the land and thus not NEARLY as big a concern for America.
But you go ahead and get those invisible 'Emperor Trump' brand panties you bought online in a bunch and tell us all how furious you are about some controversial candidate in Maine, I guess the poutrage deflection is still a little entertaining.
This seems to be the standard answer :
"It doesn't matter how bad someone is or how bad what they did was as long as it not as bad as I perceive Trump to be".
It has become a big yawner.
Trump is the 800lb gorilla. He continues to engage in outrageous words and deeds. He holds the most powerful office on the planet and has used it to damage not only this nation but many other nations.
You have no defense for this but consistently engage in crap like your recent post ... downplaying the damage done by the destructive, corrupt Trump administration.
Trump should not be defended; he should be condemned. It is views like yours that keep him in power.
Support for Trump is irrational, irresponsible, and unpatriotic.
Thanks for your opinion.
Anything new to add ?
It does to most Americans, but clearly not to Republicans. In Platner's case his faults are nowhere NEAR the dick bag conservatives elected. If all they can find against this guy is a tattoo from his days in the military and some unconfirmed accusations of sexting you guys have a LOOOOOONG way to go before you can claim any sort of equivalence with Trump. But nice try. For those who are desperate to keep digging hoping they'll find something concrete on this guy they can actually use to deflect attention from their disastrous Pompous Pustule in the oval office I've got several buckets of sand I can ship ready for pounding.
If you don't see anything else bad about this guy It's because you're not listening or you're just ignoring it.
But I understand, the dems have to do what they have to do to remove the radical Susan Collins.
It's confirmation bias.
Platner says what they want to hear, and "vote blue no matter who" overrides all else.
Do you forgive him for any of these over the others...or all of them?
Here are the 14 known (as of now) scandalous things Platner has done:
Attacking the source only means that there is no attempt to debunk the accusations, and acknowledges the accusations are correct.
No. It's because I have a fairly decent bullshit detector and so far, most of the poutrage has been over hearsay and unconfirmed accusations and his supposed account on a "messaging platform that has been widely used for sexual encounters" as if that means anything. Trump was accused of rape and had two people, the victim and the girl that brought her to Epstein's, testify that he raped that girl when she was just 13. I'd say that's a bit worse of an "unconfirmed" accusation than an old defunct account for an app used for other things, but some claim is "widely used for sexual encounters". I mean, what even is the accusation? What are they claiming he did wrong? It's all fucking smoke and mirrors with these fucking loser rightwing conservatives. They jump into the headlines with what looks like a body in their teeth all full of righteous fury and they rip it to shreds as the witless conservative dance and chant, but on closer inspection anyone with more than half a brain can see there's nothing but straw falling out of their mouths from the straw man they just tore apart. And apparently, these idiots are dumb enough to think people actually believe them. What a bunch of stupid shameless goobers.
I don't give a fuck about Platner, I have no idea if he's a good guy or not. I do know just from a cursory glance that he isn't the monumental piece of shit liar that is Republicans apparent messiah and dear Leader they worship daily while downplaying all of his MANY faults. It's what consummate brown-nosers do and if there is one thing rightwing conservative Republicans have mastered in the last decade, it's looking strong, talking a big game, and then running up and laying on their backs before their fat naked Emperor begging for their bellies to be scratched. It's gotten so overt and embarrassing to see I can't even stand to watch any C-SPAN anymore when they're covering a cabinet meeting since it's just one long Trump blow job with different cabinet members stepping in when one of the other mouths gets tired.
That's hilarious. You prove my point even before my reply.
So if you consider that bad (and I most certainly do), surely you would not support a president who:
And I left out the 'grab em by the pussy', attacks on the Pope, and similar crap from this morally depraved human being.
Compare the lists. How is it that you continue to support Trump for PotUS?
That's one big emote. I've noticed they get bigger whenever anyone hits close to the mark as if the size will somehow distract from the truth. Not sure if it worked out for you yet but we'll likely be able to tell by the 'likes'.
All this "But Trump" to support a NAzi.
After spending ten years hysterically denouncing Trump's character your are now reduced to carrying water for a Nazi. I'm genuinely curious, how does that make you feel? Proud? Is there any line Platner or any another Trump hater could cross that would make you say "I can't defend that.?" A lying Nazi who spreads anti-semitic conspiracy theories and who joined the army because he just wanted to kill people is fine. Do progressives have a line anymore other than, like Fetterman, someone wants Israel to exist and is therefore a traitor to your movement?
why do you insist on holding a Senate candidate to the same standard as the president who has been elected twice?
What is wrong with the people who voted for Trump, 3 times, after it was known he was a crook, pathological liar, bigot, con man and moron? That question is much more interesting than anything connected to a Senate candidate in Maine.
Maybe if you made a coherent point, your post would be regarded, but.....
They will never be able to call any conservative a nazi ever again because they have an actual nazi they are supporting in their midst.
I'm not. Progressives are. Trump is now their moral compass. I have no idea how, believing what you believe about Trump, that you would ever cite him to justify someone's behavior. I know I never defend someone by citing Stalin as the benchmark of acceptable behavior.
When I say it's wrong to have an Nazi tattoo, progressives immediately try to justify it by pointing to Trump. They can't simply say a guy who voluntarily inked himself with an SS tattoo honoring the guards of death camps is unfit for office. Read through these responses. Nothing but rationalizing support for a Nazi worshipper.
Even 5 years ago, did you think you'd be rationalizing supporting a guy with a straight up Nazi tattoo?
Do you REALLY believe Platner is a Nazi? Really? Where's his Nazi manifesto? If he had been spouting rightwing Nazi rhetoric and had an actual track record of attacking Jews I might be inclined to believe you. Instead, all you've got is a military tattoo and a whole bunch or supposition, accusation and unfounded claims from rightwing media desperately trying to cling to their Senate seats. I don't trust any of the bullshit that's been spewing from rightwing conservatives' mouths and frankly I hope they brush their teeth soon because the stench is nauseating. So, you can take your platter of Platner bullshit attacks and gorge upon it yourself, no one else has an appetite for such fecal feasts.
Uh huh
I will continue to call out those on the right for their obvious rightwing Nazi bent and their debased worship of their dear Leader who is very much modeled after early populist Hitler. Just because a bunch of losers think they "caught a nazi" on the other side just means the losers are dumber than we thought. I actually feel a little sorry for these fucking stupid Trump defenders, it's truly sad to watch how fucked in the head they are.
Obviously "but trump" has no limits and knows no bounds.
Pathetic
And rational people will continue to ignore the rants
Your comment is delusional.
So that explains why rightwing conservatives can't help but respond to anything they see as a 'rant' against their dear Leader. Thank you for the insight.
Oh, that is rich. Or was that supposed to be serious?
All I've heard for years in defense of Trump are non-stop what-about-ism's. Rightwing conservatives have been pulling out Clinton (either one) Obama, Biden, Kamala and any Democrat whose ever been caught even looking like they did something wrong like Senator Al Franken, for YEARS and claiming they're "benchmarks" for democrats. To try and pretend that you guys don't is just hilariously precious.
Just more increasingly desperate attempts to rationalize supporting a guy with an SS tattoo to be a senator. A senator, no less. It’s like selling your soul for a piece of pizza.
All the “but trumps” and deflections to republicans in the world won’t change that.
Interesting that you exclude democrats from being rational.
I don't support this guy, I don't live in Maine and think Democrats there shot themselves in the foot here for no reason. This guy sounds like a dipshit loser though much of that noise is coming from desperate conservative losers so it's hard to tell exactly who he really is, but either way this guy can go eat shit for all I care. Are you willing to admit as much about Trump? Are you willing to admit his flaws and tell him to go eat shit? Any honesty out there in Trump land? Anything?
You mean "what I fantasize is Nazi bent".
We we are seeing in real time is you(collective you) leftists supporting an ACTUAL NAZI.
Even one of the leftists "economists" are calling for the "deMAGAfacation" of the country, much like the "denazification" of Germany.
And one of the left's favorite democrat strategist is calling for the right to have their heads shaved, put in pajamas and paraded down the road to be spat on by onlookers, exactly how Jews were treated by Nazis in WWII (That is World War 2, not World war 11).
Sounds a lot like most on the left are perfectly ok with doing nazi things while accusing others of being nazis.
This is the mantra of the left. Accuse others of what you are doing.
Well, that and he beat two of their queens..... Hillary and the DEI VP
That was a sin never to be forgiven even though she beat herself.
trump has never won an elected office running against a male ...
hmmm, so he can only beat women. Pretty misogynistic comment.
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Are you surprised?
And whose fault is that? Apparently the democrats didn't think they had a male worth running. And STILL lost the elections.
... maybe it seems that way from the perspective of those that defend the activities of a convicted felon and likely child molester.
Nope. It is just a run of the mill misogynistic comment
Riiiiight, just like "86 47" was a call to assassinate the President.
Can't refute the comments so deflect away
Refute what? Someone pointing out that Donald has only ever beat women in the three elections he participated in? How is that fucking "misogynistic"? I suppose one could view it as commentary on the obvious misogyny of many American voters, but the comment itself isn't misogynistic. Are millions of American voters misogynistic? Yes. About 20% have indicated they " would not back a qualified female candidate for president".
Now when it comes to Democrats, 90% want to see a female President in their lifetime, so it would seem only about 10% are misogynistic voters.
But I get that the misogynists themselves would desperately try to dodge the question or deflect by calling any ridicule of their moronic claim a deflection.
With all due respect
It's okay. I didn't expect any sort of rational cogent reply or even an explanation of why the original comment was somehow 'misogynistic'. That would require at least one person on the other side of this debate with their head fully extricated from their dear leader's rectum, at least for a few moments. As it is, the only responses seem to be regurgitated Trumpisms out of the bottom half of their face which is clearly the only part free of Trumps balloon knot. They're like a Pez dispenser with the top half of their head squeezed up Trumps ass.
Sorry to disappoint. I guess I have to take a comment seriously in order to respond seriously.
But the guy who kept a copy of Mein Kampf on his nightstand is fit to be president. Lol, until you all can come to terms with the disaster you put in the WH nobody should listen to a word of your garbage opinions.
But But...the nazi I support is okay because I made up a claim about Trump..
I get it. Trump is your moral compass. The really sad part is using fake stories about Trump as your moral compass.
Such militant defense for Donald Trump!
The midterms are coming and the real Nazi's are scared their party might lose power and their administration might start to sink as more and more of their criminal, unconstitutional and un-American actions get exposed. These are the last throes of a defeated party in complete full-blown denial of reality. Their President sits at 37% approval with a full 48%, nearly HALF "strongly disapprove of Trump’s job performance". These dipshits aren't confident, they're screaming about Platner because they're fucking scared shitless. But for the majority of Americans, we get to sit back and smile as we watch the merciless political annihilation of this criminal President and the rest of his worthless rightwing crime family.
gee, I wonder what pete hegseth's body tattoos looked like before he had them blacked out ...
I think I will follow the leftist wing example on this...
I don't care
Interesting thing to wonder about.
Yes, the TDS ridden will continue to shirk their real purpose serving their constituents and tilt at that same old windmill. Wasting (even more) countless tax dollars along the way that would be much better used doing the people’s business. Outstanding job dimbulbs, just outstanding.
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Looks like a lot of progressives are going to be breaking into graham plantner’s house in the near future.