Platner ends trip early after media showed up at family’s house
Graham Platner, a Maine Senate candidate, canceled planned events in Washington, D.C.,and New York City after reporters showed up at his family’s home and business in Maine. The visit targeted his mother-in-law’s home and the restaurant she owns, leading him to skip a scheduled event with VoteVets and shorten the rest of his trip.
The article links the disruptions to ongoing controversy around Platner’s campaign, including reports that he sent sexually explicit messages to other women while married and earlier allegations involving offensive online posts and a tattoo resembling Nazi imagery. Despite these issues, Platner has been meeting with multiple senators as he seeks to challenge incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said he endorsed Platner and aims to help Democrats win the seat, and current polling shows Platner leading Collins by single digits, with him positioned as the likely Democratic nominee.
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner abruptly canceled his scheduled events in Washington, D.C., and New York City on Wednesday after reporters showed up at his family’s home and place of business in Maine, according to a NOTUS report confirmed by multiple outlets.
Journalists from the New York Post reportedly showed up at the home of Platner’s mother-in-law and the restaurant that his mother owns on Wednesday. This prompted Platner to cancel an event he had planned with the Democratic veterans group VoteVets on Wednesday and bypass the rest of his interstate trip, which included a stop in New York.
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Platner had been visiting the district in large part to meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on the heels of the latest scandal to hit his Senate campaign. Over the weekend, news broke that Platner had previously sent sexually explicit messages to other women while married to his wife, Amy Gertner. Gertner had told Platner’s then-political director about the texts last summer.
The scandal is the latest to rock the Platner campaign, which has been embroiled in controversies, including Reddit posts by Platner and his now-covered-up tattoo, which resembled Nazi imagery.
Platner met with multiple Senators this week, shoring up support for his candidacy against incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) amid the controversies.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had previously courted Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) to run for the Democratic nomination, backing the governor once she announced her bid. But when Mills dropped out of the race due to lackluster funding and poor polling against Platner, Schumer turned around and supported Platner, joining leftist caucus members including Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
Yet on Tuesday, Schumer dodged elaborating on questions about his support for Platner after his closed-door meeting with the candidate.
“As I said, I endorsed Graham Platner,” Schumer said Tuesday. “We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate.”
Platner is most likely set to become the Democratic nominee to take on Collins, as he remains the only big-name candidate on the primary ballot and is far ahead in the primary polling.
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The latest late-May general election poll from the University of New Hampshire has Platner leading Collins by single digits.
The Washington Examiner has reached out to the New York Post for comment.
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