WASHINGTON, D.C. — Explosive reporting from The New York Times and Wall Street Journal today revealed that Graham Platner’s wife informed his campaign of “sexually explicit” messages with up to a dozen women. The latest scandal follows a series of earlier reporting about Platner’s perverted sexual deviance in public restrooms, proclivities for sex workers in Thailand and Latin America, and previous comments blaming women for their own rapes.
What they are saying:
The New York Times: Platner’s Texts With Women Concerned Campaign as Senate Race Took Off
“Mr. Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, told a senior campaign aide that he had been exchanging sexual messages with multiple other women.
“It was the kind of revelation with the potential to damage the political newcomer just as his campaign to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, was beginning to resonate with voters, especially in a state where female voters make up a large share of the electorate…
“Ms. Gertner told her that her husband had been exchanging sexual messages with as many as a dozen women.
“A current Platner campaign official said Mr. Platner had been communicating with up to six women.”
The Wall Street Journal: Graham Platner’s Wife Flagged Sexually Explicit Texts to His Senate Campaign
“Days after Graham Platner announced his Maine Senate bid, his wife informed the campaign about a potential political problem she had previously discovered on the oyster farmer’s phone: sexually explicit texts with several women, according to people familiar with the matter.
“Amy Gertner, who married Platner in 2024, told the campaign about messages she had found early in their marriage in the spring of 2025. In late August, as some aides were conducting opposition research on their own candidate, Gertner disclosed the texts to a campaign aide to make sure they didn’t pose a risk to her husband’s nascent campaign, those people said.”
Bangor Daily News: Graham Platner’s wife disclosed sexually explicit texts to campaign, WSJ reports
“Platner, the presumptive Democrat nominee who will face Susan Collins in the November election, has been criticized for controversial internet posts and a chest tattoo resembling the Totenkopf symbol adopted by the Nazi SS during World War II.”
Portland Press Herald: Graham Platner’s wife worried about texts he sent to other women before campaign launch
“Shortly after he entered the U.S. Senate race last year, Graham Platner’s wife worried that sexually explicit texts between him and several other women exchanged during their marriage would be a problem for the campaign, two national news outlets reported Saturday…
“In addition to the series of now-deleted comments he made on Reddit about women, rape and his time in the Marines, Platner has been [scrutinized] for a tattoo he had on his chest that was linked to Nazi imagery. He has said he turned to online trolling when he was isolated and struggling with undiagnosed post traumatic stress disorder after four deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
CBS News: Graham Platner’s wife told campaign about sexually explicit texts he sent to other women
“He has faced controversy over several problematic internet comments he made, as well as for a tattoo he got during his time in the Marines that is widely recognized as a Nazi symbol…
“In an April interview with CBS News’ Major Garrett on “The Takeout,” Platner said previous controversial opinions he held were due to post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as to his time serving in a military that he described as “a hyper-masculine, hyper-violent place.”
Daily Wire: Graham Platner Caught By Wife Exchanging Raunchy Texts With Women
“The text revelations, however, add yet another scandal to a campaign defined by Platner’s long list of disturbing comments and actions that include defending his Nazi tattoo, mocking a wounded American soldier, and making derogatory comments about women. Earlier this month, The Daily Wire reported that Platner once lamented the closing of a loophole that allowed military contractors to save money on taxes by spending their time off “banging hookers in Thailand.”
The Boston Globe: Graham Platner’s wife told campaign of his past explicit texts to other women, according to report
“As he turns his attention to facing Republican Senator Susan Collins in November, Graham Platner is confronting more tough scrutiny of his past. On Saturday, the Wall Street Journal reported that shortly after Platner launched his US Senate bid last August, his wife, Amy Gertner, revealed to a campaign aide that she had discovered sexually explicit texts with several women on his phone months earlier.”
TMZ: Maine Senate Candidate’s Wife Reportedly Flagged Sexual Texts to Campaign
“Here’s the deal … days after Platner announced his Senate bid, his wife Amy Gertner — who he married in 2024 — went to a member of his campaign staff and mentioned sexual texts Platner allegedly sent to other women…”
Washington Times: Graham Platner’s wife warned campaign staff about his sexting”
“Graham Platner’s wife reportedly alerted his Maine Senate campaign about his sexually explicit texts with several women days before he announced he was running for the off.”
Washington Examiner: Platner’s wife raised sexually explicit texts to Senate campaign aide: Report
“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.”
Post Millenial: Graham Platner’s wife warned campaign about him sexting women during marriage—candidate’s suggestive Kik profile revealed
“The wife of Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner reportedly informed his campaign about sexually explicit messages he had sent to multiple women during their marriage.”
PJ Media: “Graham Platner Somehow Finds Another Way to Get Grosser”
“…a new report from the Wall Street Journal demonstrates how much of a creep he truly is. Platner’s wife alleges that she found explicit text messages to and from multiple women less than a year after their 2024 marriage.”
Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times: “I asked him if there was anything else he wanted to get ahead of and he said no.”
David French, New York Times: “More evidence of who this guy is. And spare me the notion that you have to elect him to stop … *Checks notes* a senator who voted to convict Trump.”
Chris Cilliza: “Said it before — and this story makes it plain: Nominating Platner was a *giant* risk.”
Matt Whitlock, Republican Communicator: “The Platner staffers and supporters need to log off for the night if all they’re capable of is these kind of bad takes. Your candidate is averaging one catastrophic story a day and it’s not even June yet – and this is far from the last story about mistreating women.”
Steve Robinson, The Maine Wire: “Graham Platner’s infidelity issues surfaced almost immediately after he announced. Maine women began posting in Facebook groups about a gruff ginger who Tinder tickled them and then ghosted”
Chuck Ross, Washington Free Beacon: “It seems relevant now that Platner put his wife on the campaign payroll, and also made campaign employees sign NDAs…”
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