Graham Platner should have simple responses when hounded about sexting accusations

[Chasstev365]

"What about Ken Paxton? Why don't you ask him about his personal controversies and criminal actions?" "I don't see the media doing that."

"What about Donald Trump? A jury of his peers convicted him of sexual assault, not to mention his paying off a pornstar while his wife was pregnant with their child?" " Did you constantly hound him about these facts when he was running for President in 2016 or 2024?"

"Have you investigated Lyndsey Fifield ties to the Heritage Foundation and other arms of the GOP?" "Do your job as journalists."

[Walleye]

1. Just say Ken Paxton

[sop]

2. "When I was young and irresponsible, I was young and irresponsible." - George W. Bush

[UpInArms]

6. And that went up to the age of 40

for him… I remember that quite well.

[ms liberty]

13. Also, Rep Henry Hyde, when outed during Monica Lewinsky said that he had his affair when he was a young man

But he was in fact in his 40's. Hmm. That actually says a lot about men like him...

[mr715]

23. Dont forget about the unimpeachable Denny Hastert

Who was molesting and raping children while poopooing Bill Clinton for brining oral sex into the media

[ms liberty]

29. Or Newt himself. Left wife 1 for his mistress while the wife was in the hospital with cancer

Left wife 2 for mistress 2 while wife 2 was sick with something else. Mistress 2 is wife 3, and she's apparently learned how to not get out-mistressed.

[mr715]

30. God Newt was awful.

Denny Hastert was pedophile and pederast, though, so is probably worse.

But he looked like a nice ol' grandpa so everyone was fawning over his leadership.

How gross.

[gab13by13]

3. I support Democrats

[UpInArms]

4. This 👆🏼

Thank you, Chasstev365

[lapucelle]

5. I wonder if Platner told Senate Democrats that he knowingly dated a Republican operative

for two years when he met with them last week. That would have been good information to share.

[Red Mountain]

9. "i can fix her"

wouldn't be the first.

[Violet_Crumble]

10. Where are you getting that from?

That he knowingly dated a republican operative?

[lapucelle]

11. Platner characterized her as a "lifelong GOP operative" in his June 4 statement.

“Let’s be very clear: This is a lifelong GOP operative who’s dedicated her career to electing Republicans,” the Platner campaign said in a statement Thursday.

https://www.pressherald.com/2026/06/05/ex-girlfriend-at-the-center-of-graham-platners-latest-scandal-says-she-was-set-up-he-says-shes-a-political-operative/

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Is the contention that Platner dated Lyndsey Fifield for two years and didn't know about her jobs or her work history?

Did Platner just recently figure out that she was a "lifelong"GOP operative"?

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Where Has Lyndsey Fifield Worked?

Fifield was the digital marketing director for Stand for America, an advocacy group founded by Haley that "promotes freedom at home and strength abroad."

Her longest stint, according to her LinkedIn, was at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank that later authored Project 2025, a conservative playbook for the Trump administration. She served as a social media manager at the think tank for over six years, from September 2015 to April 2022.

Prior to that, she worked at another think tank, the American Action Forum, which identifies as a "center-right think tank" focused on domestic economy policy.

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Fifield also worked for Craft, focusing on political campaigns, and served as the communications director for Republican candidate Ray McKinney in Georgia.

https://www.newsweek.com/who-is-lyndsey-fifield-platners-republican-ex-girlfriend-what-we-know-12038091

[paleotn]

12. Do you know who James Carville's wife is?

And what's your opinion on Susan Collins? Would you like 6 more years of her? That appears to be the case.

And you do know that Newsweek swings way right. Don't you? Or does that not matter when doing a hatchet job on your own party.

[lapucelle]

15. Sorry, "Quick, look over here!" doesn't work on me.

This all still begs the question about whether or not Platner informed Senate Democrats about his former girlfriend's "lifelong" political affiliation and that she might go on the record about physical intimidation and/or assault.

[paleotn]

22. You're doing exactly what Republicans want you to do.

In this situation, there are two candidates. Two. Not three. Not four. Two. One is flawed but on the right side of most things. One is truly atrocious and on the wrong side of everything. You may be doing this from a pure heart, but at the same time, you're falling for Republican bait and helping Collins.

Some days ago, the question came up about why people vote for Republicans with vastly more baggage than Platner. The answer is simple. For good or ill, those people believe in an agenda, and they vote to move that agenda forward. That may require them to vote or support people they really don't like, but that's irrelevant with respect to the true goal, moving the AGENDA forward. And that's why Republicans are so successful, and one of the reasons we're not.

I believe in our agenda and will do whatever is necessary to move it forward. WHATEVER is necessary. You can chose to help that cause or, like Gaza voters in 2024 who bare a significant responsibility for Trump 2.0, muck up the works. That's how politics works. Your approval is not required.

You can chose to take Repuke bait and hurt our candidates and our agenda or not. Just don't come crying as the fascist autocracy takes full control. I won't want to hear it.

[lapucelle]

24. There are currently three Democratic candidates in Tuesday's RCV primary.

We’re Democrats. Facts are our friends.

[paleotn]

25. Yes they are our friends, and you are wrong. Mills dropped out and isn't actively campaigning

But she's still technically on the ballot. She was polling beyond awful against Collins and Platner. The Maine Dem primary is a forgone conclusion. Period. EOM. This is a two person race. Whether you like it or not, it's Platner vs. Collins.

And I stick by my statement....you're doing exactly what Republicans want you to do. How does that make you feel?

[Polybius]

7. One mistake that he can't say

"What about Donald Trump? A jury of his peers convicted him of sexual assault, not to mention his paying off a pornstar while his wife was pregnant with their child?" " Did you constantly hound him about these facts when he was running for President in 2016 or 2024?"

Take 2016 out of there, because he wasn't convicted of sexual assault until well after 2016, nor did paying the pornstar come out after the election.

[Chasstev365]

8. Fair Enough

[SamuelAdams]

14. I've learned a lot about DU the past few days.

White men in their 20's and 30's can do and say anything they want. Women and minorities should shut up and deal with it. Military veterans are given a lifetime free pass. All the far right Christian nationalist podcasters are now fine unless they are 40+. We also owe apologies to any Republican we criticized for past bad behavior, such as 30-something Trump calling for the death penalty for the Central Park 5. Racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, antisemitism, mistreatment of women are all now fine. All this so we don't nominate a popular white woman governor for a Senate seat.

[WinningAgain]

16. This.

[jmbar2]

18. I feel the same

[EX500rider]

21. Also apparently you can be a "hard working oyster farmer" who also gets $4800 a month from the VA for 100% disability

To avoid going over income limits for that, he pays his wife instead of himself for both the campaign work & oyster biz work.

A former Platner campaign aide told the Substack Judge Street Journal that the campaign paid a salary to Platner's wife rather than to Platner himself "for a few reasons": "One, the optics of a candidate drawing a salary from the campaign committee isn't great, though I don't think your family getting paid from the campaign committee is great either," the staffer said in November. "Two, if Graham drew a salary from the campaign, his disability status and his disability payments would be put at risk."

This guy has more Red Flags then a 24hr Le Mans race in the rain IMO

[PufPuf23]

26. Please provide a link to the specific article at Substack Judge Street Journal.

Here is the Substack link but I could not find the article you quote. One can readily see the biases of the Substack.

https://judgestreetjournal.substack.com/

[EX500rider]

27. It was from another article that quoted it, I'll look for the link later, out kayaking right now

He is on 100% disability so he will have income limits.

Yet somehow also healthy enough to be a full time politician AND run his oyster biz, which I have read involves mostly taking tourists out and selling his catch to his mothers restaurant.

[Blasphemer]

33. I figured that out back in 2016. nt

[obamanut2012]

34. Yup

[jmbar2]

17. There is a feeling of unease among some women about him

Rachel Maddow always says pay attention to what they do, not what they say.

He's a good speaker, says all the right things, and will likely defeat Collins. The question is can he perform over a long term in public office without similar lapses in judgment? He needs to build some cred with women voters that he will represent.

[oldmanlynn]

19. No, I think it's more accurately

Will he vote with the Democrats? Will he count as a Democrat in the Senate that’s it

[Johonny]

20. I was in Austria during the sexting?

I love my adopted state. Oh beautiful...

[karynnj]

28. I actually think his answers were better

Arguing that some Republican was worse and the media ignores it has 2 problems. It implicitly accepts the accusations against him which he, in part, disputes. The second is that almost any mother, father, teacher etc has heard and rejected the idea that there is no problem as others were worse.

[EdmondDantes_]

31. Because whataboutism isn't a good argument?

[msongs]

32. comparing himself with trump is not a good look IMO

[MineralMan]

35. He does. Listen to him.