[Daily Caller] Liberals are finally getting fed up with Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and progressive populist with a long, scandalous history of caustic Reddit posts and a covered-up Nazi tattoo.
Platner pushed out centrist Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills in April and will likely face off against incumbent Republican Susan Collins, barring some wild turn of political events (Mills’ name will still be on the ballot for the state’s primary June 9). However, he has weathered a slew of scandals in recent months — many of which stem from re-surfaced Reddit posts, including one where he made excuses for sexual assault. Not to mention, his now-covered-up tattoo, which resembled a skull-and-crossbones emblem used by Nazi "Death’s Head" units.
Most recently, The Wall Street Journal reported that he messaged and sexted women outside his marriage on a shady and anonymous social media site known as Kick. According to the report, Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, alerted his campaign last summer regarding sexually explicit messages he exchanged with multiple women. Gertner discovered the communications in the spring of 2025 and informed a campaign staffer in late August, shortly after Platner began his candidacy. Platner and Gertner married in 2023.
Having stomached all the previous scandals, some liberals are now beginning to question Platner’s candidacy in light of the reported sexting scandal. |