Graham Platner Has a New Problem
Graham Platner's campaign faces new scrutiny following revelations about explicit texts found by his wife. Despite past controversies, including a Nazi tattoo and derogatory social media posts, his campaign team chose to downplay the issue. As questions arise about his past behavior, voters are left wondering if his dark period has truly ended.
- ▪Platner's wife discovered explicit texts with multiple women on his phone and alerted a campaign aide.
- ▪The campaign decided to treat the matter as private and proceeded with a rally featuring Senator Bernie Sanders.
- ▪Platner has consistently claimed to have changed from his past behavior, describing it as a dark period in his life.
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- ▪ I'm the Soldier Graham Platner Mocked — Real Clear Politics
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Graham Platner Has a New Problem John Sexton 5:30 PM | May 30, 2026 Screenshot via Pod Save America Graham Platner has skated though his campaign despite the Nazi tattoo and despite all of the old social media posts in which he mocks gay people, white people, police, women, black people, fellow soldiers and just about anyone else you can think of. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); At this point it seems like we've probably dug all of the skeleton's in his closet. But today there's a new story sourced to one of his former campaign aides who resigned last year.
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