An ex-girlfriend of embattled Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner accused him Tuesday of repeatedly removing condoms without her consent during sex, according to a report by <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/07/ex-girlfriend-graham-platner-says-he-removed-condoms-without-consent/?utm_campaign=wp_main&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social">The Washington Post.</a>
Lyndsey Fifield, who dated Platner in Washington, D.C., from 2013 to 2015 and has previously accused him of physical abuse, claimed he ignored her pleas to wear protection during sex. She said she was not using birth control.
“He would pull condoms off,” she told The Post. “He would do it in a sneaky way. He wouldn’t tell me.”
Platner allegedly removed condoms without Fifield&#8217;s consent at least six times in D.C. during their roughly two-year relationship. 
The practice, commonly referred to as &#8220;stealthing,&#8221; has been recognized in some jurisdictions as a form of sexual battery. There is no federal law criminalizing the practice, though a <a href="https://19thnews.org/2026/04/stealthing-nonconsensual-condom-removal/">handful of states</a>, including Maine, Washington, and Vermont, have enacted laws addressing it. 
The Platner campaign called the allegation &#8220;categorically false and politically motivated,&#8221; according to the outlet. The campaign also noted that Fifield, who has worked in Republican politics, publicly supported Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he faced allegations of sexual assault, which he vigorously denied.  
Fifield told The Washington Post she first disclosed the allegation during an off-the-record interview on June 20 before later deciding to go public. She said she decided to come forward to support fellow Platner accuser Jenny Racicot, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-new-sexual-assault-accusation-rocks-maine-democrat-graham-platner?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=A+New+Sexual+Assault+Accusation+Rocks+Maine+Democrat+Graham+Platner">detailed disturbing allegations</a> of rape to Politico and CNN.
“I confronted him both during and after [sex] because he knew that I was not on birth control and how dangerous that was,” she told The Post. 
In June, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/us/politics/platner-maine-senate-girlfriends-relationships.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share">The New York Times</a> cited several ex-girlfriends who claimed Platner engaged in a pattern of “intimidating and disturbing” behavior in their relationships and lied about not knowing the meaning of his Nazi tattoo. 
Three of the women, including Fifield, described volatile and “toxic” relationships with the Senate hopeful, claiming he demeaned women, became physically threatening, and was repeatedly unfaithful. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/us/politics/platner-maine-senate-girlfriends-relationships.html">In that report</a>, Fifield accused Platner of twisting her arm, shoving her into a bedroom, and holding the door shut until she became “calm.” 
At the time, the Platner campaign denied the report and rushed to MS NOW to do damage control. 
“There are some allegations in this piece that I just want to be kind of unequivocal about, are simply not true,” <a href="https://x.com/Acyn/status/2062688362633498661?s=20">Platner said on the leftist television network.</a> “Anything alleging physicality, anything alleging that I knew what my tattoo was, these are the statements of someone who’s politically motivated.”
The latest revelations come as Platner is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/graham-platner-has-a-price-for-dropping-out-report?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Graham+Platner+Has+A+Price+For+Dropping+Out%3A+Report">reportedly</a> refusing to step aside unless Democrats let him choose his replacement.
Over the past 24 hours, Democrats and leftists have called on Platner to drop out of the race. 
“I have spoken with Graham Platner about the best path forward for Maine. In light of these very serious allegations, I have recommended that he step aside,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) <a href="https://x.com/BernieSanders/status/2074532964059197651?s=20">said Tuesday</a>. 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee would not dedicate financial resources to the election if Platner is the nominee.
“The DSCC will not invest in the Maine Senate race if Platner remains on the ballot,” Schumer said in a statement with fellow Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). 
Maine Democrats have until July 13 to replace him on the ballot, leaving the party just days to settle on a new nominee to challenge incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

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Embattled Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is reportedly refusing to step aside unless Democrats let him choose his replacement. 
<a href="https://nypost.com/2026/07/07/us-news/accused-rapist-graham-platner-lists-demands-to-dems-as-he-weighs-dropping-out-of-maine-senate-race/">The New York Post</a>, citing a source close to the campaign, reported Tuesday that Platner, who has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-new-sexual-assault-accusation-rocks-maine-democrat-graham-platner?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=A+New+Sexual+Assault+Accusation+Rocks+Maine+Democrat+Graham+Platner">accused of rape</a>, wants to handpick his successor and is insisting the replacement align with his anti-Israel and left-wing views. 
Over the past 24 hours, Democrats and leftists have called on Platner to drop out of the race. 
“I have spoken with Graham Platner about the best path forward for Maine. In light of these very serious allegations, I have recommended that he step aside,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) <a href="https://x.com/BernieSanders/status/2074532964059197651?s=20">said Tuesday</a>. 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee would not dedicate financial resources to the election if Platner is the nominee.
“The DSCC will not invest in the Maine Senate race if Platner remains on the ballot,” Schumer said in a statement with fellow Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). 
For now, Platner remains in control of his political future. 
In June, he decisively won the Democratic nomination with <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/elections/results-maine-primary.html">more than 70%</a> of the vote. Maine Democrats have until July 13 to replace him on the ballot, leaving the party just days to settle on a new nominee to challenge incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. 
“This vibes to me like a play from Bernie Sanders to slide in Troy Jackson,” another source told The Post. 
Jackson, the leading replacement for Platner, has also been hit with assault allegations, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leading-dsa-candidate-to-replace-platner-accused-of-hitting-female-colleague-during-argument?author=Zach+Stark&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Leading+DSA+Candidate+To+Replace+Platner+Accused+Of+Hitting+Female+Colleague+During+Argument">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported. 
The DSA-affiliated Maine politician was also accused of physical assault on Tuesday by the political organization Progressive Victory, which works with left-wing politicians and influencers to organize grassroots support for leftist causes.
“Troy Jackson in a heated disagreement struck a female colleague with a bottle he threw at her. There are many witnesses and it appears this is a widespread open secret within Maine politics and not an isolated incident,” said Progressive Victory in a social media <a href="https://x.com/ProgressiveVic/status/2074320341929726172">post</a>.  
The group detailed “troubling information” it had received about Jackson.
“In our discussions we have received troubling information about not only Jackson’s behavior, but the behavior of many prominent Maine Democrats toward women more broadly,” the organization wrote. “Both as a result of the credibility of the sources and in the interest of not seeing our movement make the same mistake twice, we are choosing to share some of this now.”
Jackson has yet to comment on the allegations but has already launched an exploratory committee to potentially replace his friend, Platner, on the ballot, according to <a href="https://x.com/yashar/status/2074548332576587788?s=20">FEC filings</a>.
“This is a very, very serious allegation,” Jackson <a href="https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/06/politics/elections/inside-the-democratic-jockeying-to-replace-graham-platner/">said</a> of the accusations against Platner. “This is something I never considered, but if Graham’s stepping away, I am very, very interested and think I’m the best person to replace him.”

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In the hours since one of Graham Platner&#8217;s former girlfriends accused him of rape, the Maine Democrat has lost the support of the state and national party, as well as nearly every prominent figure who stuck with him through his scandal-plagued campaign.
But he can still count on Stephen King.
&#8220;Graham Platner may drop out. (I hope he doesn&#8217;t, but.),&#8221; the septuagenarian horror writer and Maine resident posted on X. &#8220;Meanwhile, the Abuser in Chief just keeps on keepin&#8217; on.&#8221;
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Graham Platner may drop out. (I hope he doesn&#8217;t, but.) Meanwhile, the Abuser in Chief just keeps on keepin&#8217; on.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href="https://x.com/StephenKing/status/2074249718662586743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
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King, a former cocaine addict whose 1986 novel &#8220;It&#8221; depicts group sex among minors, has long promoted Democrats and leftwing causes on social media. But his defense of Platner — as well as his attempt to shift the focus to President Donald Trump&#8217;s alleged misdeeds — leaves him prominent among a rapidly dwindling group of supporters.
On Monday, Politico published a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-new-sexual-assault-accusation-rocks-maine-democrat-graham-platner?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=A+New+Sexual+Assault+Accusation+Rocks+Maine+Democrat+Graham+Platner">bombshell report</a> in which 41-year-old Maine resident Jenny Racicot recounts how Platner drunkenly broke into her house in 2021 and raped her. The report, which includes corroborating evidence from Racicot and people with whom she shared the story, seems to have been the last straw for Democrats who stuck with Platner through revelations of his offensive social media posts, Nazi tattoo, presence on an app popular among sexual predators, and allegations of abuse from other women.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dems-ditch-platner-over-rape-claims?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Dems+Ditch+Platner+Over+Rape+Claims">demanded</a> that Platner drop out in a statement with fellow New York Democrat Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. The statement said that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee — which Gillibrand chairs — &#8220;will not invest in the Maine Senate race if Platner remains on the ballot.&#8221;
The Maine Democrat has also lost support from Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), two of his earliest and most ardent backers. The Maine Democratic Party also withdrew its support, as did leftist podcaster Hasan Piker. Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego (D), embroiled in a controversy of his own, also called for Platner to drop out of the race.
Platner denied Racicot&#8217;s accusations in a <a href="https://x.com/grahamformaine/status/2074214272628916296?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two-minute video message</a> shared to social media shortly after Politico&#8217;s story dropped.
“Any accusation of nonconsensual behavior is categorically false,” Platner said. “Regardless of the inaccuracy of the reporting, but mindful the political reality it will inflict, we are taking time to reflect on the best path forward.&#8221;
Maine Democrats face a <a href="https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/21-a/title21-Asec374-A.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">July 13 deadline</a> to swap Platner for another Democrat to challenge incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins.
Racicot told Politico that she &#8220;didn’t come forward sooner&#8221; due to &#8220;the huge moral conflict that I had between supporting his politics, but not supporting him as a person.&#8221; Seeing other women come forward motivated Racicot to speak out, she says, noting that “I just want the truth out there. I just want people to have a whole scope of who he is as a person.”
&#8220;Tell you what,&#8221; King wrote on X shortly after posting his initial statement of support. &#8220;If you knew the whole truth about everyone in the Senate and House of Reps, those chambers would be dead empty. Jesus said, &#8216;Let him without sin cast the first stone.'&#8221;
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Tell you what&#8211;if you knew the whole truth about everyone in the Senate and House of Reps, those chambers would be dead empty. Jesus said, &#8220;Let him without sin cast the first stone.&#8221;
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href="https://x.com/StephenKing/status/2074250145470812596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Two years ago this week, King urged President Joe Biden to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftist-author-stephen-king-says-biden-should-bow-out-of-race?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Leftist+Author+Stephen+King+Says+Biden+Should+Bow+Out+Of+Race">drop out</a> of the presidential race.

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With Democrats abandoning Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner after new sexual assault accusations dropped on Monday, the party is evaluating options on how to move forward with the general election less than four months away.
There is still time for Maine Democrats to replace Platner on November&#8217;s general election ballot.
If Platner were to withdraw by 5 p.m. next Monday, July 13, Democrats would then have until 5 p.m. on Monday, July 27, to select a new nominee. Maine Democrats would not hold another primary. Instead, party officials would choose a replacement. The deadlines are designed to give election officials enough time to finalize and print general election ballots.
If Platner remains in the race after the July 13 cutoff, Democrats cannot replace him, and his name will remain on the November ballot. Maine law allows later replacements only if the candidate dies or suffers an incapacitating illness or injury.
Similar to Democrats replacing President Joe Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race, Maine Democrats could choose a new nominee without holding another primary.
Platner, who easily won last month&#8217;s Democratic primary, is trying to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in one of the cycle&#8217;s most closely watched Senate races. His campaign was thrown into turmoil after former girlfriends described his volatile behavior and claimed he knew the meaning behind his Nazi tattoo. On Monday, POLITICO published a report in which a woman accused him of raping her in 2021. Platner denied the claim.
The accusation led multiple Democrats, including Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), and the Maine Democratic Party, to call on Platner to withdraw.
In a video released Monday, he said the accusation was false and added that he was taking time to &#8220;reflect on the best path forward.&#8221;
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That leaves Maine Democrats with less than a week to determine whether to continue <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dems-ditch-platner-over-rape-claims">pressuring</a> him to step aside or prepare to move forward with him as the party&#8217;s nominee.

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Democrats nationwide have bailed on embattled Maine Senate Democratic candidate Graham Platner after a bombshell report accused the leftist oyster farmer of rape. 
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737">Politico</a> interviewed 41-year-old Maine resident Jenny Racicot, who accused Platner of breaking into her house in 2021 and sexually assaulting her. In a one-two punch, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/06/us/graham-platner-racicot-allegation-maine-invs?cid=ios_app">CNN</a> released an interview with Racicot, who described the alleged assault as rape. 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) demanded that Platner drop out, calling the rape claims “incredibly disturbing.” Platner’s decisive primary victory in June dealt a major blow to Schumer, who recruited and backed Maine Democratic Governor Janet Mills. 
“The DSCC will not invest in the Maine Senate race if Platner remains on the ballot,” Schumer said in a statement with fellow Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY). 
Rep. Ro Khana (D-CA), who has previously defended and attached himself to Platner, also pulled the plug. 
“I’ve been very clear that sexual assault or violence against women is a red line,” Khanna said. “These allegations are very serious and credible. Graham Platner should drop out from the race. I am withdrawing my endorsement.” 
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I’ve been very clear that sexual assault or violence against women is a red line. These allegations are very serious and credible. Graham Platner should drop out from the race. I am withdrawing my endorsement.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) <a href="https://x.com/RoKhanna/status/2074242263710917062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) <a href="https://x.com/RubenGallego/status/2074242801953386923?s=20">also bailed</a> on the Maine Democrat. 
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The allegations against Graham Platner are troubling and deeply serious.
I am rescinding my endorsement.
— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) <a href="https://x.com/RubenGallego/status/2074242801953386923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
Hasan Piker, the leftist streamer working overtime to elect socialist candidates, predicted the end of Platner’s campaign. 
&#8220;That is curtains. That is the trifecta. Okay, that is the trifecta of a reliable allegation. It’s holy sh*t&#8230;I believe this, this accusation. I believe this allegation,&#8221; Piker said, <a href="https://x.com/wsteaks/status/2074222242574012741?s=20">according to Politico.</a> 
The <a href="https://x.com/MaineDems/status/2074249756449140867?s=20">Maine Democratic Party</a> also called on Platner to drop out of the race against incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. 
As of Monday afternoon, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has not publicly weighed in on the bombshell. 
Previously, Sanders <a href="https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/2074246282546135486?s=20">drew a line</a> in the sand: “I&#8217;m going to do everything I can to make sure that Graham Platner is the next senator from the state of Maine,&#8221; he said. 
On the campaign trail, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) embraced Platner in endearing terms. 
“That’s my kind of man,” she <a href="https://x.com/KaeleyGemmill/status/2045645926392357373?s=20">said</a> before Platner clinched the Democratic nomination. Now, she wants him gone. 
“With so much at stake, the best path forward is for Graham Platner to step aside as the Democratic nominee and address these serious allegations outside this Senate race,” Warren <a href="https://x.com/alivitali/status/2074279006262755644?s=20">said</a> in a statement Monday evening.
The turmoil comes after Racicot told Politico she had an on-and-off relationship with Platner for more than two years before “he entered her rural Maine home uninvited” in late 2021. She described Platner as “deeply intoxicated,” claiming he forced himself on her despite repeatedly telling him to stop. 
“I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me,” she said to Politico. “I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, ‘This is no longer my choice.’” 
Racicot said she felt compelled to come forward after other women raised allegations against Platner.
“One of the reasons I didn’t come forward sooner was, the huge moral conflict that I had between supporting his politics, but not supporting him as a person,” she said to Politico. “I just want the truth out there. I just want people to have a whole scope of who he is as a person.”
The woman told POLITICO she connected with Platner on the dating app Bumble in 2019 and had consensual sex with him before the night he allegedly assaulted her. On that night in 2021, she described an “almost blackout drunk” Platner getting on top of her.
“I had been telling him these words, like: ‘No, don’t,’” she recalled to Politico. “And, the look on his face and realizing what was happening, I just realized that, like, I am in a situation where there’s no consent here,” she said.
Weeks after the alleged assault, Racicot said she “struggled with shock and confusion” and did not file a police report. The outlet reviewed messages she sent to friends and spoke to partners who appeared to support her account.
Platner denied the accusations, telling Politico: “These allegations are troubling, serious, and false.” Minutes after the story was published, Platner took to social media.
“Any accusation of nonconsensual behavior is categorically false,” he said in a <a href="https://x.com/grahamformaine/status/2074214272628916296?s=20">two-minute video message</a>. “Regardless of the inaccuracy of the reporting, but mindful the political reality it will inflict, we are taking time to reflect on the best path forward…”
Maine Democrats face a <a href="https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/21-a/title21-Asec374-A.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com">July 13 deadline</a> to swap Platner for another Democrat to challenge incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
“These allegations are appalling. Nevertheless, it is not up to me to choose the Democratic nominee for Senate,” Sen. Collins said in response to the scandal.

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President Donald Trump officially endorsed incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on Wednesday, praising her as &#8220;sane&#8221; and reasonable — especially when compared to her Democratic opponent, Graham Platner.
Trump made the comments to reporters in the Oval Office as he discussed the next steps he planned to take in Iran, referring to Platner as a &#8220;thug&#8221; and a &#8220;pig&#8221; and urging Mainers to stick with their &#8220;respected&#8221; incumbent senator instead.
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JUST IN: President Trump officially endorses Senator Susan Collins in the Maine Senate race, blasting Democratic candidate Graham Platner.
&#8220;She&#8217;s a sane woman and she&#8217;s a respected person.&#8221;
“But this guy is a thug… He&#8217;s a phony. I made a lot of money picking out phonies. He&#8217;s… <a href="https://t.co/EKGlm4P4zY">pic.twitter.com/EKGlm4P4zY</a>
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The question put to the president was a simple one: &#8220;Are you all in on supporting Susan Collins? Does she have your full support and endorsement in her reelection?&#8221;
&#8220;She does, because she&#8217;s a sane woman,&#8221; Trump interrupted, adding a caveat: &#8220;She&#8217;s not my best friend, at all &#8230; but we get along, but she&#8217;s a sane person and she&#8217;s a person that never missed a vote in many years — like 10,000 votes.&#8221;
&#8220;She had 10,000 votes, she never missed a vote. Unfortunately, because sometimes she voted against me,&#8221; Trump added, prompting laughter around the room. &#8220;Look, she&#8217;s a sane woman and she&#8217;s a respected person, maybe a little different ideology than me.&#8221;
Trump pivoted then to attack Platner, saying, &#8220;But this guy is a thug. He&#8217;s a fake — a fake thug, he&#8217;s a phony. I made a lot of money picking out phonies. He&#8217;s a real phony. He&#8217;s bad. He&#8217;s a bad person.&#8221;
Trump also referred to the Maine Democrat several times as a &#8220;pig,&#8221; but quickly <a href="https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/2064744229692203178">reconsidered</a> his choice out of consideration for the pigs: &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to stick him with that one, though, I think pigs would be very upset about it.&#8221;
The president and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-susan-collins-voting-yes-kavanaugh-paul-bois">Collins</a> have often been at odds over votes, but she has also voted with Trump on several key occasions — including the vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.

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Trump Endorses ‘Sane Woman’ Susan Collins After ‘Thug’ Graham Platner Lands Dem Nomination

Trump Endorses 'Sane Woman' Susan Collins After 'Thug' Graham Platner Lands Dem Nomination

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The most partisan Democrats celebrated Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) for reaching a major milestone as her likely 2026 Democratic opponent Graham Platner’s campaign faltered from the fallout of a fresh controversy.
On Thursday, the Maine senator cast her 10,000th consecutive vote during a marathon vote-a-rama on President Donald Trump&#8217;s budget reconciliation package, which provides $69.5 billion in funding for ICE through 2029. The measure passed 52-47. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) was the lone Republican who voted against it.
The Senate chamber erupted in applause as Collins hit the milestone, drawing rare bipartisan praise. 
“No matter what has been going on in the world or in her life, Senator Collins has never, never missed a vote in her entire Senate career. This is truly a remarkable milestone,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said. “Many of us try hard to make every vote. Senator Collins has actually done it.”
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Senator Susan Collins (R-ME, <a href="https://x.com/SenatorCollins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenatorCollins</a>) 10,000 consecutive roll call votes. <a href="https://t.co/GVMKpiQDf6">pic.twitter.com/GVMKpiQDf6</a>
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Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) backed up Schumer, calling the accomplishment an “impressive demonstration of endurance and determination.&#8221;
“I salute you for it,” he said. 
Collins, a moderate Republican who represents an increasingly blue state, is the first senator in history to reach the threshold. 
“Mainers are known for their work ethic, and they deserve a senator who works just as hard for them. Growing up in Aroostook County, I learned the value of hard work, perseverance, and honoring your commitments. I am proud to bring those values with me to the Senate every day,” Collins said of her 10,000 votes.  
“Representing the state of Maine is the honor of a lifetime, and I will continue to serve with the diligence and responsibility that Mainers deserve,” she added. 
Maine is considered a must-win state for Democrats seeking to flip the Senate and block President Trump&#8217;s second-term agenda. Collins has consistently defied conventional wisdom and political headwinds, winning four reelection campaigns with cross-over support in an increasingly polarized era.
Schumer’s praise of Collins is especially notable as Democrats bend over backwards to defend Platner as he remains entrenched in controversy. 
The Democratic Senate candidate 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.
Three of Platner’s ex-girlfriends described volatile and “toxic” relationships with the Senate hopeful, claiming he demeaned women, became physically threatening, and was repeatedly unfaithful. On one occasion, an ex-girlfriend accused Platner of twisting her arm, shoving her into a bedroom, and holding the door shut until she became “calm.” 
“It didn’t cause an injury, it didn’t break my arm,” she told the Times. 
In damage control, Platner strongly disputed claims of physical intimidation or violence. 
“There are some allegations in this piece that I just want to be kind of unequivocal about, are simply not true,” Platner said on MS NOW. “Anything alleging physicality, anything alleging that I knew what my tattoo was, these are the statements of someone who’s politically motivated.”
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WATCH: Hayes asks Platner where there are any other damning texts or pictures out there that could potentially get dropped late in the race. Platner&#8217;s response: &#8220;I&#8217;m not worried about it.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/lL70UrAaAA">pic.twitter.com/lL70UrAaAA</a>
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) <a href="https://x.com/BonillaJL/status/2062696625668075943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2026</a></blockquote>
Earlier this week, Platner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-am-still-on-the-ballot-janet-mills-reappears-as-platner-stumbles?author=Drew+Berkemeyer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=9&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98I+Am+Still+On+The+Ballot%E2%80%99%3A+Janet+Mills+Reappears+As+Platner+Stumbles">met privately</a> with Senate Democrats in Washington as party leaders grew increasingly concerned about whether additional scandals could surface before the general election. 
Yet even as Democratic leaders coalesce around Platner, fissures within the party continue to surface.
“Graham Platner is a chronic liar who is mentally disturbed, sympathetic to Nazis, and dangerous to women,” Ally Sammarco, a Democratic political consultant, said. “I’m disgusted to see members of my party make excuses for his behavior because it’s politically beneficial. He should be nowhere near our party and the U.S. Senate.
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Graham Platner is a chronic liar who is mentally disturbed, sympathetic to Nazis, and dangerous to women. I’m disgusted to see members of my party make excuses for his behavior because it’s politically beneficial. He should be nowhere near our party and the U.S. Senate.
— Ally Sammarco (@Ally_Sammarco) <a href="https://x.com/Ally_Sammarco/status/2062711389131551018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2026</a></blockquote>

Susan Collins Just Became Democrats’ Favorite Republican

Chuck Schumer

Democrats

U.S. Senate

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) made it clear on Thursday that he would not be surprised to see more damaging information come out about Maine&#8217;s Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner.
Fetterman, when asked whether he was &#8220;concerned&#8221; that Platner might be at the center of additional scandals, pointed out the fact that Platner — who assured Senate Democrats earlier in the week that there would be no additional allegations against him — had been dishonest about some of what had already been revealed.
WATCH:
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NEW: Senator John Fetterman slams fellow Democrat and embattled Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner following a string of damaging personal controversies.
&#8220;Well, he lied to everybody. He said that there wasn&#8217;t any after his Nazi tattoo situation, and now there&#8217;s more and more… <a href="https://t.co/bacJZN8fl8">pic.twitter.com/bacJZN8fl8</a>
— Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2062573608350744741?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2026</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Are you concerned that there&#8217;s more to drop?&#8221; one reporter asked.
&#8220;Well, he lied to everybody,&#8221; Fetterman said. &#8220;He said that there wasn&#8217;t any after his Nazi tattoo situation, and now there&#8217;s more and more other things. So he&#8217;s already lied about that.&#8221;
&#8220;So I assume, you know, it&#8217;s like they say, for every ranch you see in Texas, there&#8217;s 50 that you haven&#8217;t seen. So I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s plenty — a lot of more ranches in P-Hustle&#8217;s life,&#8221; Fetterman added.
Platner, who went by the name &#8220;P-Hustle&#8221; on Reddit, has been the center of several scandals, ranging from his now-covered Nazi-inspired tattoo to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/platner-promises-dem-senators-there-will-be-no-new-accusations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sexually explicit</a> text messages sent to several women while he was married. He has also faced backlash for a number of comments he posted on Reddit — some of which were vulgar and at least one in which he mocked and derided a wounded combat veteran and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/didnt-deserve-to-live-leftist-candidate-appears-to-mock-wounded-soldier-in-resurfaced-post">Purple Heart recipient</a>.
The Maine Democrat, who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-am-still-on-the-ballot-janet-mills-reappears-as-platner-stumbles">leading</a> Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) in the primary before she suspended her campaign, is set to face off against incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in November.

Sen. John Fetterman

‘He Lied To Everybody’: Fetterman Says Graham Platner Saga Isn’t Over

'He Lied to Everybody': Fetterman Says Graham Platner Saga Isn't Over

Congress

John Fetterman

nazi tattoo

Reddit

Senate Democrats

Sex Scandal

Leftist influencers appear to be bracing for another Graham Platner scandal, preemptively warning their fan bases not to buy into the next shoe to drop.
Platner is the embattled Democratic Senate candidate seeking to unseat Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). His campaign has been rocked by a series of personal scandals in recent weeks.
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&#8221; from a &#8220;right-wing operative.&#8221;
Keith Edwards, another left-wing commentator and strategist, said the Times story would be about <a href="https://x.com/keithedwards/status/2062557351928828070?s=20">Platner sexually assaulting a woman.</a>
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They’re about to say Platner SA’d a woman <a href="https://t.co/Gb2eUehJQd">https://t.co/Gb2eUehJQd</a>
— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) <a href="https://x.com/keithedwards/status/2062557351928828070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2026</a></blockquote>
“It&#8217;s in the story. WaPo racing to get it out as well. I&#8217;m hearing it&#8217;s more than one woman,” he said. 
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It&#8217;s in the story. WaPo racing to get it out as well. I&#8217;m hearing it&#8217;s more than one woman.
— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) <a href="https://x.com/keithedwards/status/2062591865073869125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2026</a></blockquote>
With questions and rumors swirling, conservative influencers pounced. 
“So the Democrats are going to defend Graham Platner during his sexual assault allegations while simultaneously accusing Susan Collins of committing a cardinal sin by voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, whom they opposed because of sexual assault allegations,” <a href="https://x.com/CarolineWren/status/2062588889240375502?s=20">GOP fundraiser Caroline Wren said on social media.</a> “This should be fun.” 
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So the Democrats are going to defend Graham Platner during his sexual assault allegations while simultaneously accusing Susan Collins of committing a cardinal sin by voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, whom they opposed because of sexual assault allegations….
This should be fun. <a href="https://t.co/Tv97NyvalH">https://t.co/Tv97NyvalH</a>
— Caroline Wren (@CarolineWren) <a href="https://x.com/CarolineWren/status/2062588889240375502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2026</a></blockquote>
The Bernie Sanders-backed leftist is working overtime to salvage his campaign after damaging revelations about his personal conduct. The Maine Senate Democratic candidate recently made a trip to Washington to rally establishment support as a wave of opposition research uncovers personal misconduct and raises questions about his suitability to serve in the U.S. Senate.
“I&#8217;m not confident of anything,” Sen. Sanders (I-VT) said when <a href="https://x.com/frankthorp/status/2062553965577838771?s=20">asked about potential new Platner revelations.</a> “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?”
Over the weekend, The Daily Wire exclusively <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/see-it-graham-platner-has-active-profile-on-predators-paradise-messaging-app">reported</a> that Platner created an account on the Kik platform, which the National Center on Sexual Exploitation has described as a “predator’s paradise.” The revelation followed another weekend disclosure that his wife, Amy Gertner, previously flagged that her oyster-farmer husband had exchanged sexually explicit texts with as many as a dozen women.
The one-two punch appeared to cross a red line for at least one Democratic senator. 
&#8220;Well, he lied to everybody. He said that there wasn&#8217;t any after his Nazi tattoo situation, and now there&#8217;s more and more other things, so he already lied about that,” <a href="https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2062573608350744741?s=20">Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) said.</a> 
“So I assume, you know, it&#8217;s like they say, for every ranch you see in Texas, there&#8217;s 50 that you haven&#8217;t seen. So I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s plenty, a lot of more ranches in P Hustle&#8217;s life.&#8221;
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">
NEW: Senator John Fetterman slams fellow Democrat and embattled Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner following a string of damaging personal controversies.
&#8220;Well, he lied to everybody. He said that there wasn&#8217;t any after his Nazi tattoo situation, and now there&#8217;s more and more… <a href="https://t.co/bacJZN8fl8">pic.twitter.com/bacJZN8fl8</a>
— Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2062573608350744741?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2026</a></blockquote>

Senator Bernie Sanders Holds Fighting Oligarchy Event With Senate Candidate Graham Platner

Lefty Influencers Go Into Hyperdrive Ahead Of Next Graham Platner Scandal

Bernie Sanders

Brett Kavanaugh

Scandal

Scandals

Sexual Assault

What the Democrats are doing in Maine is totally insane.
Graham Platner is the Senate Democratic candidate in Maine. He has a Nazi tattoo; he wrote on public Reddit threads about how happy he was that an American soldier had been shot; he has posted repeatedly about how he likes to pleasure himself in porta-potties; he has been exposed in a sexting scandal.
But Democrats say that you must vote for him to stop Susan Collins.
Susan Collins is the most moderate GOP member of the United States Senate; I agree with her roughly 65% of the time.
She voted to convict Donald Trump in his 2021 impeachment trial. She voted against the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act. She sank the Affordable Care Act repeal bill in 2017. She even blocked it from going through. She&#8217;s one of three Republicans who voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court in 2022.
But Democrats say you have to vote for Platner to stop her.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ben-shapiro-show-ep-2435?elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowHeadline=Recent+Episodes&amp;rowType=Horizontal+Show+Episodes+Carousel"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-981859" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/ben-banner.avif" alt="" width="1024" height="171" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/ben-banner.avif 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/ben-banner-300x50.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/ben-banner-768x128.jpg 768w" sizes=" (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a>
Graham Platner is a fake oyster farmer from Maine who had a privileged upbringing, volunteered for the United States military, and then decided to crap on his fellow troops when he came back.
Platner’s wife, Amy Gardner, who married him in 2023, told a senior campaign aide that her husband had been exchanging sexual messages with multiple other women.
It&#8217;s worse than that. The Daily Wire&#8217;s Tim Rice <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/see-it-graham-platner-has-active-profile-on-predators-paradise-messaging-app?author=Tim+Rice&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=SEE+IT%3A+Graham+Platner+Has+Active+Profile+On+%E2%80%98Predator%E2%80%99s+Paradise%E2%80%99+Messaging+App">reported</a> that Platner has an active profile on the messaging app Kik, known as &#8220;predator&#8217;s paradise.&#8221; Rice reported, “The National Center on Sexual Exploitation deems the anonymous messaging app a ‘predator’s paradise,’ thanks to a number of features that allow underage users to join the app and communicate with adults.”
The report continued:
<blockquote>A <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/08/03/kik-has-a-massive-child-abuse-problem/#53f0fc31a142">Forbes investigation</a> found that Kik had a “huge child exploitation problem,” while the BBC found that the app was at the center of over <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45568276">1,100 child sexual abuse cases</a> in the United Kingdom between 2013 and 2018.
But even among consenting adult users, Kik is no ordinary messenger. The platform has been <a href="https://www.wave3.com/2025/10/23/messaging-app-allegedly-used-louisville-sex-crimes-case-described-predators-paradise/">described</a> as “the app with the most severe sexual content.” Kik offers sexually explicit live chats with women, and is often found at the center of “sexploitation” cases, wherein predators coax someone to send nude photos, and then use the images for blackmail, the New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/us/social-media-apps-anonymous-kik-crime.html">reported</a> in 2016.</blockquote>
Seventy percent of users on the app are between the ages of 13 and 24. Platner only deactivated his profile in the last couple of days.
The Democrats are insisting you must vote for the National Socialist with the sexting problem to stop Susan Collins.
I don&#8217;t want to hear any more from Democrats or anyone supporting this kind of garbage about Republicans having a moderation problem.
It&#8217;s ridiculous. Graham Platner is running against Susan Collins, who has long been the bugaboo of the traditional Republican Party. It’s better to have her there than a Democrat —  but only by a marginal amount.
She votes on major issues with the Democrats a significant percentage of the time, but Democrats still argue that you should vote for the ambulatory psychotic who has to routinely visit counseling so he doesn&#8217;t randomly sext women in Maine.
Wacko Connecticut Senate Democrat Chris Murphy said on Face the Nation:
<blockquote>I have not followed this story as closely as others have, but I mean, Graham Platner is somebody that served our country. He served his community. He&#8217;s also made mistakes. And he has admitted that. Character also involves standing up to people who are bankrupting and corrupting this country. And this race is going to be a contrast between somebody that has put his life on the line for this country, against somebody that is literally empowering the moral hollowing out of our nation from the White House.</blockquote>
The idea is, “We must defend this guy no matter what because — Trump.”
Once you&#8217;re in this mode, there are no limits.

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Meet Democrats’ New Boyfriend. Then Open The Closet.

Ben Shapiro

Democratic Party

Opinion

After being caught up in multiple sex scandals, Maine Democrat Graham Platner lashed out at the &#8220;establishment media&#8221; for reporting on his sexual escapades. 
Platner attacked the media on Sunday after reports surfaced over the weekend that he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/popular-dem-senate-candidate-caught-by-wife-exchanging-raunchy-texts-with-women?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Graham+Platner+Caught+By+Wife+Exchanging+Raunchy+Texts+With+Women">sent</a> sexually explicit messages to other women while married and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/see-it-graham-platner-has-active-profile-on-predators-paradise-messaging-app?author=Tim+Rice&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=SEE+IT%3A+Graham+Platner+Has+Active+Profile+On+%E2%80%98Predator%E2%80%99s+Paradise%E2%80%99+Messaging+App">maintains</a> an active account on Kik, a platform plagued by accusations that it enables sexual predators. The Senate hopeful’s account on Kik was uncovered by The Daily Wire and features a profile picture of a shirtless man with a towel wrapped around his waist.
“It’s no surprise to me that the establishment media outlets are just gonna run gossip instead of wanting to talk about the things that actually matter in this race, which are the material realities that the Mainers are working with,” Platner <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLsdtYe5jFs">told</a> ABC&#8217;s Portland, Maine, affiliate WMTW on Sunday. 
Platner’s Kik profile was created on June 26, 2016. The Democrat, looking to unseat Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), was almost 32 years old when he joined the app, on which an estimated 70% of users are between the ages of <a href="https://www.searchlogistics.com/learn/statistics/kik-user-statistics/">13 and 24</a>. Though the app recently required users to be 18 or older to join, for most of its history it welcomed users <a href="https://gethuman.com/customer-service/Kik/faq/What-age-group-is-Kik-intended-for/pEkg4L">13 and older.</a> Despite those guidelines, the app still does not require <a href="https://www.wave3.com/2025/10/23/messaging-app-allegedly-used-louisville-sex-crimes-case-described-predators-paradise/">official age verification.</a>
“These people are gonna try to make this race about anything but what it’s supposed to be about, which is policy. They never want to talk about policy,” Platner said Sunday. “Amy and I have a very loving and very happy marriage. They would very much like to try to rip that apart.”
Platner also accused The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times of “journalistic malpractice” for publishing stories on the sexually explicit messages he sent to multiple women while married. He claimed the outlets “ran stories without any evidence besides the gossip from a former staffer. I’m sorry that’s, frankly, journalistic malpractice. We pushed back on it, they won it, they did it anyways.”
A Platner campaign official <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/us/politics/booker-platner-democrats-senate-midterms.html">told</a> The New York Times that Platner was pushing back on the number of women he explicitly messaged, not that the messages existed. 
Many Democrats are still rallying behind Platner despite the latest revelations. 
When asked if Platner passed the character test after the latest reports on his sexual escapades, Democrat Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) <a href="https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/2061102582781600081">said</a> he had “not followed this story as closely as others have.”
“Graham Platner is somebody that served our country. He served his community. He&#8217;s also made mistakes, and he has admitted that,” he said. “Character also involves standing up to people who are bankrupting and corrupting this country.”
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Graham Platner Finds A Scapegoat After Reports On Sexual Escapades

Senate

U.S. Politics

Graham Platner, whose Senate campaign has been marred with scandal from the outset, maintains an active account on a platform notorious for enabling sexual predators.
The Maine Democrat, who is seeking to unseat incumbent senator Susan Collins, is a registered user on Kik, a Daily Wire review found. The National Center on Sexual Exploitation deems the anonymous messaging app a “predator’s paradise,” thanks to a number of features that allow underage users to join the app and communicate with adults.
Platner’s Kik account bears the username “phustle0331,” which is strikingly similar to his Instagram handle, Phustle0331, as well as the username for a Reddit account where he infamously mocked American soldiers as “fat and lazy” and endorsed fascist beliefs.
The profile picture on the Kik account — which, though inactive, is not deactivated — features an image of a shirtless man with a towel wrapped around his waist. The image shows a man with tattoos that match Platner’s — including the Chinese character for “love” on his chest, a tattoo on his arm, and a tattoo on his shoulder.
<div class="image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-1105407" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/image-4-576x576.png" alt="" width="576" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/image-4-576x576.png 576w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/image-4-300x300.png 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/image-4-150x150.png 150w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/image-4-768x768.png 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/image-4.png 1000w" sizes=" (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px" /></div>
On Saturday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Platner’s wife, wife Amy Gertner, flagged for campaign staff a year ago that her husband had exchanged <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/popular-dem-senate-candidate-caught-by-wife-exchanging-raunchy-texts-with-women?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Graham+Platner+Caught+By+Wife+Exchanging+Raunchy+Texts+With+Women" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sexually explicit text messages</a> with multiple women. Platner’s campaign has been dogged by revelations of the candidate’s sexually explicit statements, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-candidate-complained-about-thai-prostitute-loophole-closing?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Dem+Candidate+Complained+About+Thai+Prostitute+%E2%80%98Loophole%E2%80%99+Closing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> a 2017 social media post in which Platner said he had to “jerk off every time I sit in a portash*tter.”
In another post, Platner described graffiti of a penis as “beautiful,” “engorged and veiny,” and moving “towards its penetrative glory.”
<div id="attachment_1105419" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1105419" class="size-large wp-image-1105419" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/IMG_6917-1024x473.jpeg" alt="" width="1024" height="473" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/IMG_6917-1024x473.jpeg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/IMG_6917-300x139.jpeg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/IMG_6917-768x355.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/IMG_6917-1536x710.jpeg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/IMG_6917-2048x947.jpeg 2048w" sizes=" (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Screenshot of Platner’s active Kik profile</div>
Platner’s Kik profile was created on June 26, 2016. The Democrat was almost 32-years-old when he joined the app, on which an estimated 70% of users are between the ages of <a href="https://www.searchlogistics.com/learn/statistics/kik-user-statistics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">13 and 24</a>. Though the app recently required users to be 18 or older to join, for most of its history it welcomed users <a href="https://gethuman.com/customer-service/Kik/faq/What-age-group-is-Kik-intended-for/pEkg4L" target="_blank" rel="noopener">13 and older.</a> Despite those guidelines, the app still does not require <a href="https://www.wave3.com/2025/10/23/messaging-app-allegedly-used-louisville-sex-crimes-case-described-predators-paradise/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">official age verification.</a>
A <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/08/03/kik-has-a-massive-child-abuse-problem/#53f0fc31a142" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Forbes investigation</a> found that Kik had a “huge child exploitation problem,” while the BBC found that the app was at the center of over <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45568276" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1,100 child sexual abuse cases</a> in the United Kingdom between 2013 and 2018.
But even among consenting adult users, Kik is no ordinary messenger. The platform has been <a href="https://www.wave3.com/2025/10/23/messaging-app-allegedly-used-louisville-sex-crimes-case-described-predators-paradise/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described</a> as “the app with the most severe sexual content.” Kik offers sexually explicit live chats with women, and is often found at the center of “sexploitation” cases, wherein predators coax someone to send nude photos, and then use the images for blackmail, the New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/us/social-media-apps-anonymous-kik-crime.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in 2016.
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That report — released four months before Platner created his Kik account — chronicles a litany of heinous acts perpetrated by predators on the app, including a man who used the app to distribute child pornography, several who sent and solicited sexually explicit messages from minors, and one instance where a man attempted to kidnap a 14-year-old girl. Kik was also where 13-year-old Nicole Madison Lowell chatted with two Virginia Tech students who kidnapped and killed her.
In<a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-me/pr/sedgwick-man-sentenced-60-years-producing-child-sexual-abuse-material" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> June 2025</a>, a Maine man was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in jail for producing videos of children being raped and distributing the videos in a Kik chatroom that existed solely for that purpose.
Platner, a leftist who describes himself as an “oyster farmer” has been plagued by more than just allegations of sexual impropriety. The Democrat was infamously revealed early in his campaign to have a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/maine-senate-candidate-downplays-ss-skull-tattoo-i-am-not-a-secret-nazi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nazi tattoo</a> on his chest, and in recent days refused to apologize to a Purple Heart recipient whom Platner called a “dumb motherf*cker” who “didn’t deserve to live.&#8221;
Platner currently leads Collins by nearly 8 points, <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/senate/general/2026/maine/collins-vs-platner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the RealClearPolitics polling average.

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