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RandySF

(86,782 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 05:29 AM 13 hrs ago

ME-SEN: Platner Denies Reports About Sexually-Explicit Texts

Graham Platner (D) “struck a defiant posture on Sunday in response to reports that he had sent sexual messages to women outside his marriage, accusing a former aide of false claims and news outlets of ‘journalistic malpractice,’” the New York Times reports.

Asked by reporters whether they were true, he said: “No. This is the amazing part. The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times ran stories without any evidence besides the gossip from a former staffer. I’m sorry, that’s — that’s frankly journalistic malpractice. We pushed back on it.”

CNN: “CNN has not independently confirmed the existence of the text messages. CNN did verify that an account on the messaging app Kik appears to belong to Platner. The account, under the username ‘phustle0331,’ features a profile photo showing Platner shirtless in a bathroom with a towel on his waist and uses a handle similar to ones on his since-deleted Reddit account and a now-deleted Instagram account.”



https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/01/platner-denies-reports-about-sexually-explicit-texts/

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ME-SEN: Platner Denies Reports About Sexually-Explicit Texts (Original Post) RandySF 13 hrs ago OP
Meanwhile.... chelsea0011 12 hrs ago #1
Amazing isn't it? harumph 11 hrs ago #2
What are you talking about? Quiet Em 9 hrs ago #7
When and what did Jeffries say? I searched and found nothing. Could you tell us? betsuni 9 hrs ago #11
He was on news this morning chelsea0011 3 hrs ago #13
His wife told the campaign these texts existed and the campaign confirmed it to reporters. Is he calling them liars? WhiskeyGrinder 10 hrs ago #3
And now the kik profile is starting to percolate. . RandySF 10 hrs ago #4
So he's calling his wife a liar? mcar 9 hrs ago #5
Do he and his wife talk? karynnj 9 hrs ago #6
Asked if he was confirming that the messages do not exist, he answered krawhitham 9 hrs ago #8
The Times also confirmed the texts with a current campaign staffer. RandySF 9 hrs ago #9
There it is. If he knowingly will misrepresent the sexts that his Nixie 9 hrs ago #10
Hmm...I wonder how the Mainers are looking at this. MineralMan 9 hrs ago #12
Are you from Maine? ColoringFool 3 hrs ago #14
Nope. It's one of two states MineralMan 3 hrs ago #15
Many of us want Collins gone chelsea0011 3 hrs ago #16
She's awful. MineralMan 3 hrs ago #17
When he "struck a defiant posture" MorbidButterflyTat 3 hrs ago #18

chelsea0011

(10,253 posts)
1. Meanwhile....
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 07:26 AM
12 hrs ago

Paxton gets meeting with Thune while House leader Jeffries shits on Platner. It never changes.

Quiet Em

(3,095 posts)
7. What are you talking about?
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 10:10 AM
9 hrs ago

I don't believe Jeffries has ever said anything about Graham Platner. Why would he?

WhiskeyGrinder

(27,286 posts)
3. His wife told the campaign these texts existed and the campaign confirmed it to reporters. Is he calling them liars?
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 08:41 AM
10 hrs ago

karynnj

(61,151 posts)
6. Do he and his wife talk?
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 09:44 AM
9 hrs ago

How do you square his denial with her video yesterday? The only think I can think of is that there were messages but the couple differ on their characterization.

krawhitham

(5,096 posts)
8. Asked if he was confirming that the messages do not exist, he answered
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 10:17 AM
9 hrs ago

“I’m confirming that what Genevieve McDonald said in The New York Times is not true.”

That's not technically denying the sexually-explicit texts exist, just saying

So yesterdays plan was to confirm the text story? You have his wife's video plus his campaign flat out confirming them yesterday

And what, today's plan is to scream fake news and hope it blows over?


Welcome to the Streisand effect


Nixie

(18,148 posts)
10. There it is. If he knowingly will misrepresent the sexts that his
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 10:22 AM
9 hrs ago

own wife brought up, then he is capable of knowingly misrepresenting his tattoo. Red flags again. What else is being misrepresented.

MineralMan

(151,722 posts)
12. Hmm...I wonder how the Mainers are looking at this.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 10:28 AM
9 hrs ago

Maybe they'll re-elect Susan Collins. That'd be great, eh? Maybe she'll consider voting with the Democratic Caucus in the Senate...again....

Anyone from Maine care to comment?

chelsea0011

(10,253 posts)
16. Many of us want Collins gone
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 04:18 PM
3 hrs ago

Collins has the worst smear campaign going with the OACS controlling the narrative. But, that’s what Republicans do up here. Maine is the whitest state in the union but to watch ads up here you would think we are being run over by people of color committing every crime imaginable. It is one Willie Horton ad after another. Platner hasn’t committed any crime. His wife stands by him. Let’s here about issues which Collins will have to confront after primaries.

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