{"id":259,"date":"2026-06-02T04:17:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=259"},"modified":"2026-06-02T04:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:17:25","slug":"progressive-leaders-brush-off-graham-platners-sexting-controversy-he-has-grown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=259","title":{"rendered":"Progressive Leaders Brush Off Graham Platner\u2019s Sexting Controversy: \u2018He Has Grown\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Contra<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Janet Mills, the Democratic governor of Maine, suspended her campaign for the Democratic nomination for the Senate in April. However, shortly after the news of Platner\u2019s explicit messages broke, Mills reminded Mainers she was still on the ballot. \u201cPeople have the impression that I \u2018withdrew\u2019 or \u2018dropped out,&#8217;\u201d Mills told the Portland Press Herald on Sunday. \u201cBut I simply suspended active campaigning. I am still on the ballot.\u201d The winner of Maine\u2019s Democratic primary on June 9 will likely face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who has held the seat since 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=257\">Trump: \u2018I Don\u2019t Care\u2019 About Iran Suspending Peace Negotiations<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Key Background<\/h2>\n<p>Platner, a 41-year-old oyster farmer and Marine Corps veteran, never held elected office before announcing his Senate bid in 2025. Platner\u2019s lack of experience did not stop him from becoming a frontrunner in the race and coming out ahead of Mills\u2014a popular governor who easily won reelection in 2022 but is 78 years old, and would be 84 at the end of a six-year term in the Senate. Platner\u2019s campaign has weathered multiple controversies in less than a year, including the discovery of controversial posts on Reddit and a Nazi-linked tattoo. Platner has apologized for the posts and had the tattoo, which he says he got while on shore leave while in the military, covered up in October. Platner says he was drunk when he got the tattoo and was unaware of its Nazi connotations. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=256\">Taylor Swift Could Throw Hat In Oscars Ring With \u2018Toy Story 5\u2019 Song<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Crucial Quote<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI find it really shameful that there\u2019s a group of media outlets and people who are willing to spread gossip instead of talking about the real issues that Graham is running on,\u201d Platner\u2019s wife, Amy Gertner, said in a video statement published on his campaign\u2019s social media feeds this weekend. Gertner said she and her husband had been working on issues in their marriage in couples\u2019 counseling, and that they \u201clove each other deeply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=254\">Nvidia Has Best Trading Day In Months After Revealing New Microsoft Chip<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>Further Reading<\/h2>\n<p><span><span>Forbes<\/span><span>Graham Platner And His Wife Dismiss Reports Of His Alleged Sexting As \u2018Gossip\u2019<\/span><small>By <span>Ty Roush<\/span><\/small><\/span><span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Platner reportedly in the past sent sexually explicit messages to women other than his wife, according to reports published over the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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