Graham Platner fires back at Fetterman: ‘It’s not the hoodie, dude’
Graham Platner,a Maine Senate candidate,criticized Sen. John fetterman on social media after Fetterman said he would wear a suit “every day” only if Platner released alleged texts and messages he sent to other women. Fetterman later told Fox News he hasn’t heard from Platner about any proposed deal and suggested Platner is upset about Fetterman’s reputation for not wearing suits.
The exchange comes days after Platner held a get-out-the-vote rally in Bar Harbor, where he said controversies surrounding his candidacy are “politically motivated” and “false.” He also defended the people who had supported him during earlier public scrutiny tied to his personal recovery and past statements.
Recent reporting-including a New York times investigation describing “unsettling behavior” reported by three former partners-along with other accounts claiming Platner sent sexually explicit texts while married, has intensified scrutiny. Rep.Ro Khanna urged supporters not to excuse the candidate’s past relationships or attack the women who came forward, while arguing for respecting their dignity.
platner is the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge incumbent Sen. Susan Collins. Meanwhile, polling shows a sharp increase in the share of voters with unfavorable views of Platner.
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner attacked Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) on social media Saturday night after the Pennsylvania lawmaker said he’d wear a suit “every day” if Platner released the texts and messages he has allegedly sent to other women.
Fetterman said on Fox News’s “Saturday in America” that he has not heard from the embattled candidate on the proposed deal, adding that Platner had previously expressed anger at Fetterman’s famous decision to never wear a suit.
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“John Fetterman seems to genuinely think that the reason no one likes him is because he refuses to wear a suit,” Platner said in a post on X. “It’s not the hoodie, dude. It’s because you’ve become a stooge for AIPAC and the Republican party.”
Platner’s direct response to Fetterman comes one day after he held a get-out-the-vote rally in Bar Harbor, Maine, where he categorized the escalating controversies surrounding his candidacy as “politically motivated” and “false.”
“When hurtful things I said on the internet a decade ago came out into the public, as I shared my personal journey through PTSD and darkness of recovery and accountability and growth, Maine had my back,” he said to a crowd of supporters. “Now, as every single piece of that past and journey gets dug up, litigated, and weaponized, you have my back.”
The New York Times released a report during the week detailing “unsettling behavior” experienced by three women who dated Platner, while reports surfaced last weekend that Platner had previously sent sexually explicit texts to other women while married to his wife.
Rep. Ro Khanna, who has emerged as a key defender of the Senate hopeful, said at the rally that “no one should make excuses for his past relationships, some of which were toxic and volatile, and no one on our side should attack the women who came forward… because Democrats believe in respecting the equality and the dignity of women, and we always will.”
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Platner is the current presumptive Democratic nominee to run against incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). Gov. Janet Mills suspended her campaign in April but has toyed with the idea of getting back into the race ahead of Tuesday’s primary.
The most recent polling shows that the percentage of people who view Platner unfavorably has almost doubled.
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