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krawhitham

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8. Asked if he was confirming that the messages do not exist, he answered

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2026, 10:17 AM

10 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

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ME-SEN: Platner Denies Reports About Sexually-Explicit Texts [View all] RandySF 15 hrs ago OP

Meanwhile.... chelsea0011 13 hrs ago #1

Amazing isn't it? harumph 13 hrs ago #2

What are you talking about? Quiet Em 10 hrs ago #7

When and what did Jeffries say? I searched and found nothing. Could you tell us? betsuni 10 hrs ago #11

He was on news this morning chelsea0011 4 hrs ago #13

His wife told the campaign these texts existed and the campaign confirmed it to reporters. Is he calling them liars? WhiskeyGrinder 11 hrs ago #3

And now the kik profile is starting to percolate. . RandySF 11 hrs ago #4

So he's calling his wife a liar? mcar 11 hrs ago #5

Do he and his wife talk? karynnj 10 hrs ago #6

Asked if he was confirming that the messages do not exist, he answered krawhitham 10 hrs ago #8

The Times also confirmed the texts with a current campaign staffer. RandySF 10 hrs ago #9

There it is. If he knowingly will misrepresent the sexts that his Nixie 10 hrs ago #10

Hmm...I wonder how the Mainers are looking at this. MineralMan 10 hrs ago #12

Are you from Maine? ColoringFool 4 hrs ago #14

Nope. It's one of two states MineralMan 4 hrs ago #15

Many of us want Collins gone chelsea0011 4 hrs ago #16

She's awful. MineralMan 4 hrs ago #17

When he "struck a defiant posture" MorbidButterflyTat 4 hrs ago #18