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Platner's wife told campaign about sexually explicit texts he sent other women
The wife of Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner told his campaign in 2025 about sexual messages he had sent to other women.
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Graham Platner Adviser Melts Down Over Sexting Fiasco. My Dude, That's the Least of It.
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Platner’s Wife Flagged His Sexual Texts With Other Women as Maine Senate Race Began
The wife of Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate in Maine, told the campaign he had sent sexual messages to other women.
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NBC News Politics
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 Platner’s campaign on Saturday night.
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New York Post
Mamdani spin doctor accused of threatening Graham Platner’s ex-staffer before she blew whistle on sexting scandal
A top adviser to embattled Senate hopeful Graham Platner pressured the campaign's former political director into lying about the horny oyster farmer's sexting scandal and threatened to destroy her career.
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MAGA melts down after Mike Pence breaks with Trump over his 'slush fund': 'Go to hell'
Fans of President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again movement melted down on Sunday after Trump's former vice president sharply criticized one of Trump's major initiatives. Mike Pence, who was vice president during Trump's first term, told NBC's "Meet the Press" that Trump's idea to create a nearly $1.8 billion fund to pay victims of alleged government abuse is "deeply offensive." He said the fund, which was created as part of a settlement agreement between Trump and the IRS for a lawsuit over Trump's tax returns being leaked, is a stark example of how far "departed" Trump has become from traditional conservative values. “I think that the weaponization fund is a bad idea from the start, and I would encourage the administration just to drop it,” Pence said during the interview on Sunday. Pence's comments sparked swift backlash from MAGA fans online. "Go to hell, Judas Pence," Mike Engleman, a MAGA political commentator, posted on X. "Nobody cares what that POS loser thinks," Phillip Buchanan, a MAGA personality who goes by "Catturd" on social media, posted on X. "Who cares what Mike Pence thinks?" Amy Curtis, a writer at Townhall, posted on X.
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Cory Booker Has ‘Concerns’ About Platner Revelations in Maine Senate Race
Mr. Booker and other Senate Democrats faced questions Sunday about reports that Mr. Platner’s wife previously told his campaign he had exchanged sexual messages with women outside his marriage.
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Washington Examiner
Sen. Chris Murphy says Platner ‘made mistakes’ after explicit texts revealed
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on Sunday said Democratic candidate in Maine’s Senate race Graham Platner “made mistakes” after reports that his wife found sexually explicit texts with several women on his phone and brought it to his campaign’s attention. Speaking with CBS News’s Face the Nation, Murphy was asked if Platner passed the “character test” […]
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Washington Examiner
Sen. Cory Booker voices ‘concerns’ with Platner after latest scandal
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said Sunday he has “concerns” about Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner undermining Democrats’ chances to defeat incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in the midterm elections. While speaking with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl on “This Week,” Booker answered affirmatively when asked directly if he thinks Platner “may jeopardize Democratic hopes to get […]
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