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(22,196 posts) Thu Jun 4, 2026, 09:31 PM Thursday

Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall 'Unsettling' Behavior [View all]

Source: NY Times

On Tuesday evening, after a whirlwind day in Washington, Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, rushed home.

Rumors were spreading from Portland to the Potomac about Mr. Platner’s messy personal life, after news reports that he had sent sexual messages to women while married. Democratic senators were pressing him about whether more damaging revelations were coming. Journalists were swarming, staking out his hometown.

Amid the turmoil, Mr. Platner worked the phones, rolling through calls to ex-girlfriends who might publicly acknowledge that while he may have been a bad boyfriend, he was, in fact, a decent guy.

In interviews with The New York Times on Wednesday, several women did just that, describing Mr. Platner as a fun and caring partner, and saying they felt safe with him. Some remain friends with him to this day, years after their relationships ended.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/us/politics/platner-maine-senate-girlfriends-relationships.html

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Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall 'Unsettling' Behavior [View all] Polybius Thursday OP

What about the guy who cheated on his pregnant wife with a porn star, then paid for her silence????? groundloop Thursday #1

Is that the bar? RandySF Thursday #3

Exactly PatSeg Thursday #7

Or is Susan Collins the bar? You want 6 more years of her? paleotn Thursday #12

Not true. SamuelAdams Friday #34

THANK YOU Skittles Friday #18

David Costello (D) RandySF Thursday #2

X1000 yorkster Thursday #5

Maine voters decide not DU pundits duckworth969 Thursday #6

Where did I tell anyone how to vote? RandySF Thursday #10

Above. paleotn Thursday #13

I was informing RandySF Thursday #14

What you're advocating is 6 more years of Susan Collins. You just don't know it. paleotn Thursday #15

How SSJVegeta Friday #31

Nothing has stopped him from getting out and meeting the public questionseverything Friday #52

No, RandySF isn't .. and he knows that. nt Cha Friday #46

yup Skittles Friday #20

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Friday #21

this is a POLITICAL BOARD Skittles Friday #19

Uh no chernabogg Friday #40

you can be judged on the opinion Skittles Friday #41

I am fairly certain that the DU member to whom you responded knows niyad Friday #50

And then that person gets to vote on decisions that affect all of us. niyad Friday #25

I don't understand it PatSeg Thursday #9

No info on his stance on wars of choice by Israel questionseverything Friday #30

K/R SSJVegeta Friday #32

David Costello for Senate! mahina Friday #47

Many of us are in trouble if we accept the testimony of exes in the court of public opinion. bluedigger Thursday #4

Republican agents pulling out ALL the stops dave99 Thursday #8

That's exactly what it oldmanlynn Thursday #16

He didn't know it was Nazi tatoo, I don't doc03 Thursday #11

This is middle school Mickey Mouse shit NNguyenMD Thursday #17

Wow, so his attitudes and behaviours toward women are "mickey niyad Friday #26

Yes the attitude could not be more clear. Irish_Dem Friday #28

I got it, because he didn't have picture perfect views... NNguyenMD Friday #35

Thank you for the confirmation. niyad Friday #36

Priorities right NNguyenMD Friday #37

Thank you for confirming that women are NOT a priority. Good to know. niyad Friday #38

Democracy is kind of important, imho NNguyenMD Friday #42

AND WITHOUT WOMEN THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY DEMOCRACY. niyad Friday #44

This is the point we are making. Irish_Dem Friday #29

YES !!!!! RB77 Friday #43

I agree that democracy is at risk. Irish_Dem Friday #45

Mickey Mouse actually taught children morals. sheshe2 Yesterday #53

The people of Maine prioritize what they want in their senators NNguyenMD Yesterday #54

Thank you so much for this very important reminder. niyad Yesterday #60

What do I know, I am just a hatchet wound..... delisen Friday #22

Exactly! niyad Friday #27

This is in the Maine voters hands! bluestarone Friday #23

Funny how allegations like this always come out of the woodwork MrsCheaplaugh Friday #24

For consistency, did you say the same thing about Roy Moore? Polybius Friday #49

"Journalists were swarming, staking out his hometown." What man (maybe some women, too) would stand up to such scrutiny? sop Friday #33

take a breath take a breath MissKat Friday #39

David Costello is running too mahina Friday #48

Costello sounds like an excellent candidate. Irish_Dem Yesterday #55

That's how it looks to me too! mahina Yesterday #58

Exactly. If we want to save democracy we have to bring out the big guns. Irish_Dem Yesterday #59

Their primary is this Tuesday. I was glad to see David speaking up. niyad Yesterday #61

NONE of the PTSD vets I counseled or have been around was a rape niyad Friday #51

My experience as well. PTSD doesn't cause this kind of pattern. Irish_Dem Yesterday #57

I lived and worked with PTSD. Irish_Dem Yesterday #56