Platner's Texts With Women Concerned Campaign as Senate Race Took Off
Source: NYT
Graham Platner’s insurgent bid for Senate in Maine was gathering steam last summer when his campaign was confronted with some potentially explosive information.
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.
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More and more red flags on this guy. 
many of us are NOT surprised 
He's not perfect. But do you want Susan? Do you? Seriously, DO YOU?! Want more of Trump? Maybe JD Vance?? We can't find absolute perfection, so lets just screw ourselves. 
Our own worst enemies. And Pukes vote more intelligently than many Dems. 
This is irrelevant
Trump is not the standard we should be setting for our candidates!
I'll pay more attention now. 
why.
The flaws were right in front of us. The Nazi tattoo? A foolish young man. Rape apolgia? He's renounced what he said. The list goes on.
Now we have this and again it's "oh, it's between him and his wife." Really? 
Oh, but he's for Medicare for all so it's all OK.
Apart from the owner of Monkey Business, and his then-millionaire chums, none of the players knew they were getting played until checkmate.
ETA: For all his flaws, he woulda made a great President.
Sexual peccadillos are so 20th Century.
But it is an indication that he’s a sleazebag. Wouldn’t hurt him if he was running in, say, the Deep South. But in Maine? Could easily be enough to torpedo his candidacy.
She has made a statement that he posted on his youtube. I think everyone who has commented here might want to take a listen. IMHO
Why are you piling on? Platner is making the argument that we all want to hear and it's resonating as well as energizing voters. Will he be a good senator and keep fighting for the people? We don't know but Collins sure won't. No one is condoning his past actions that are between he and his wife. It's what he can achieve as a senator for the people, that is more important. I will share this comment that thought said it well. Have a great blue moon Sunday all.
@davidrowe762
8 hours ago (edited)
The establishment doesn’t understand that people support Graham because he’s authentic. The shortcomings they try to tar him with are what makes him human. We’re sick of polished politicians who pretend to live holier than thou lives while passing legislation that destroys the working and middle class. And most of those politicians have skeletons in their closet too, but pretend to be people they’re not. Graham comes as he is, flaws and all, and doesn’t deny them but speaks to how he’s grown from those experiences. That’s the human condition in its purest form. We can all see ourselves in that journey. So they can throw all the shit they want at him, but as long as he stays true to his working class agenda, he will have the support of Mainers and people far beyond (writing from Canada 🇨🇦
