Graham Platner trots out wife to deal with his extramarital sexting scandal, giving some Democrats the ick

Graham Platner’s wife ‘angry’ her disclosures of his extramarital sexting were made public

The wife of Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, said she is “really angry” about reports that she had previously told her husband’s campaign he had exchanged sexually explicit texts with other women.“It makes me really angry, disappointed,” Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, said in a direct-to-camera video released by…

Graham Platner tests Democrats' tolerance for scandal

Donald Trump shattered long-held political norms when Republicans elected him twice despite scandals that would have sunk most candidates. Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is testing whether Democrats are willing to play by the same rules.Why it matters: The answer will show whether voters' tolerance for scandal — long thought to be a Trump-only…

Graham Platner's wife breaks silence about 'gossip' in video response to sexting scandal

The wife of embattled Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner fired back at headlines swirling around her husband's newly revealed sexting scandal.In a video posted by Platner's campaign, Amy Gertner said she's feeling "angry" and "disappointed." According to new reporting by the Wall Street Journal, Gertner told the campaign last August about…

Graham Platner breaks silence on sexting scandal with wife glued to his side

Embattled Democratic Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner has finally addressed the infidelity scandal roiling his campaign after putting his wife forward to answer for him in a widely criticized solo video some said looked like it was filmed by kidnappers.

This Tweet Perfectly Sums Up That Video Graham Platner's Wife Posted About the Sexting Fiasco

Graham Platner’s wife raised sexually explicit texts to a Senate campaign aide

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s wife told a campaign aide during a vetting exercise last summer that she had previously found “sexually explicit texts with several women” on his phone. Amy Gertner told the campaign’s then-political director Genevieve McDonald about her husband’s extramarital relationships to make sure they didn’t pose a risk to his…