Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner engaged in a pattern of “intimidating and disturbing” behavior toward multiple women and lied about not knowing the meaning of his Nazi tattoo, according to a new <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/us/politics/platner-maine-senate-girlfriends-relationships.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share">report</a> from The New York Times citing former girlfriends.
The Times report centers on three of Platner’s former girlfriends, who described volatile and “toxic” relationships with the Senate hopeful, claiming he demeaned women, became physically threatening, and was repeatedly unfaithful.  
Lyndsey Fifield, a Virginia conservative who dated Platner from 2013 to 2015, recalled him as “cavalierly contemptuous of women’s emotions,” according to the Times.  
Fifield also alleged that Platner knew full well the meaning behind his infamous Nazi tattoo, saying he referred to the symbol as “my Totenkopf.”
The accusation cuts against Platner&#8217;s previous claim that he did not understand the significance of the symbol, which was used by Nazi Germany&#8217;s SS.
Fifield, who has worked for Republican campaigns, also claimed that Platner regularly grabbed her by the shoulders hard enough to leave marks. She recounted an incident in which he allegedly twisted her arm behind her back, shoved her into a bedroom, and held the door shut, telling her to stay there until she was “calm.” Fifield said she eventually fell asleep and left the next morning, according to the Times. 
“It didn’t cause an injury, it didn’t break my arm,” she told the Times. 
The Platner campaign strongly disputed claims of physical intimidation, according to the Times. 
“I take responsibility for all of that, and wish I had been better,” Platner said, according to the Times. “Any characterization beyond that is false, and I believe, politically motivated. I’m not proud of who I was then, but I am proud of the work I’ve done since, and the movement we are building in Maine.”
Fifield went on to describe Platner as a troubled veteran with “warrior ethos” who would contemplate killing people he considered a threat. 
“He said this a lot: If anybody ever broke in here, I would rape them,” she recalled, saying that he added that it would not be in “a sexual way, not in a gay way.”
“He was like, I would rape them to show them that I’m dominant,” she told the Times. 
A second woman, Jenny Racicot, 41, a Maine Democrat who said she dated Platner on and off from 2019 to 2021, said his uncovered social media posts disparaging women sounded all too familiar.
“When I saw the old comments that he made online,” she said, “I recognized a version of him that I had experiences with.”
Both women agreed that the oyster farmer, who is challenging Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), has a deep disdain for women. 
Platner&#8217;s odds to pick up the seat for Democrats have <a href="https://x.com/Polymarket/status/2062619872366841873?s=20">plunged</a> in recent days, according to prediction markets. 
The new revelations come hours after leftist influencers appeared to be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lefty-influencers-go-into-hyperdrive-ahead-of-next-graham-platner-scandal">bracing</a> for another Platner scandal, preemptively warning their followers not to buy into the next shoe to drop.
Out of the blue, left-wing political commentator Kyle Kulinski on Thursday claimed, “The New York Times is about to run an anti-Platner smear” from a “right-wing operative.”
The Bernie Sanders-backed leftist is working overtime to salvage his campaign. Platner recently traveled to Washington to rally establishment support as waves of opposition research raise questions about his suitability to serve in the U.S. Senate.
“I&#8217;m not confident of anything,” Sen. Sanders (I-VT) said when asked about potential new Platner revelations. “I didn&#8217;t get any assurances, alright, we got other things to worry about right now. We&#8217;re worried about massive income and wealth inequality and a corrupt campaign finance system. Why don’t you write about that?”

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