{"id":2610833,"date":"2026-06-04T19:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T23:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chilling-graham-platner-quote-i-would-rape-them-to-show-them-im-dominant-reported-in-nyt-piece-campaign-doesnt-dispute\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T19:48:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T23:48:55","slug":"chilling-graham-platner-quote-i-would-rape-them-to-show-them-im-dominant-reported-in-nyt-piece-campaign-doesnt-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chilling-graham-platner-quote-i-would-rape-them-to-show-them-im-dominant-reported-in-nyt-piece-campaign-doesnt-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilling Graham Platner Quote: \u2018I Would Rape Them to Show Them I&#8217;m Dominant&#8217; Reported in NYT Piece, Campaign Doesn\u2019t Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchilling-graham-platner-quote-i-would-rape-them-to-show-them-im-dominant-reported-in-nyt-piece-campaign-doesnt-dispute%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2610833&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-dnc-biden-allies-pushing-sms-carriers-to-crack-down-on-vaccine-misinformation-spread-through-private-messages\/\" title=\"...: DNC, Biden Allies Pushing SMS Carriers To Crack Down On Vaccine \u2018Misinformation\u2019 Spread Through Private Messages\">report cited<\/a> as from *The New York times*, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine was described by a former girlfriend as having fantasies about harming or raping anyone who \u201cbroke in,\u201d along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-economy-added-only-half-as-many-jobs-as-expected-in-july\/\" title=\"US Economy Added Only Half As Many Jobs As Expected In July\">concerns tied<\/a> to his weapons and violent talk. The former girlfriend said she watched him sharpen an axe while he was watching TV and that she believed his violent thoughts-rather than the weapons\u2019 mere presence-made her uneasy. she also claimed Platner said he would \u201crape them\u201d to demonstrate dominance and clarified that he meant it \u201cnot in a sexual way, not in a gay way,\u201d which the Times reported a Platner campaign official did not dispute.<\/p>\n<p>The article further says the former girlfriend, identified as Lyndsey Fifield, is described as a conservative who supported Republican causes, and she had documented earlier that Platner was abusive. The Platner campaign responded by portraying her as a lifelong GOP operative and said her comments were politically motivated. Platner, in his own statement, admitted to drinking too much and being \u201cfar from perfect\u201d during a \u201cvery dark period,\u201d said he takes duty, and rejected additional characterizations as false.The report also states that multiple other former <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >partners provided similar negative accounts<\/a>, including allegations of heavy drinking and womanizing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine fantasized about committing violence and raping anyone who violated his space, a former girlfriend said.<\/p>\n<p>In a report from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/applewebdata:\/\/877CD93A-3759-401A-BA2A-91AE6D7979AF\/\" i target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>, Lyndsey Fifield, 40, who dated Platner from 2013 to 2015, said his love of violence bubbled just below the surface,<\/p>\n<p>The Times report said, \u201cPlatner\u2019s displays of weaponry and discussions of violence sometimes left her uneasy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was the AR-15 he kept in his Capitol Hill apartment, she said.<\/p>\n<p>His actions with an ax also left her concerned. That ax was in remembrance of work he had done on the Appalachian Trail.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t its presence that bothered her; it was watching him sharpen it as he watched TV.<\/p>\n<p>She said he had fantasies of killing potential threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said this a lot: If anybody ever broke in here, I would rape them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>He told her it was not \u201ca sexual way, not in a gay way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was like, I would rape them to show them that I\u2019m dominant,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsked about those remarks, a Platner campaign official did not dispute them,\u201d the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>Fifield is a conservative from Virginia who has supported conservative and Republican causes. The Times said that she knew at the time she dated Platner that he \u201cwas struggling with the aftermath of his military service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also noted in a 2016 diary entry that Platner was \u201cthe most toxic literally abusive man on earth who destroyed my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Platner campaign used her politics to seek to discredit her comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s be very clear: This is a lifelong G.O.P. operative who\u2019s dedicated her career to electing Republicans,\u201d the campaign said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Fifield said she worked for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rogan-confronts-sanders-on-climate-change-taxes-and-billionaire-donations\/\" title=\"Rogan confronts Sanders on climate change, taxes, and billionaire donations\">failed 2024 campaign<\/a> of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, which she said was her last job in politics. The Times said it sought for and did not find any connection between Fifield and the campaign of Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, Platner\u2019s November opponent.<\/p>\n<p>The Times said Platner gave a statement saying he \u201ctoo often self medicated with alcohol, and was a far from perfect boyfriend\u201d during a \u201cvery dark period of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI take responsibility for all of that, and wish I had been better,\u201d he said. \u201cAny characterization beyond that is false, and I believe, politically motivated. I\u2019m not proud of who I was then, but I am proud of the work I\u2019ve done since, and the movement we are building in Maine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Times report indicated that more than two dozen people had been interviewed for the story, including two other former girlfriends who identified themselves as Democrats, who also d unflattering and unpleasant recollections about Platner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe three described him in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-soccer-caves-offers-identical-contracts-to-mens-womens-teams\/\" title=\"U.S. Soccer Caves, Offers Identical Contracts To Men\u2019s, Women\u2019s Teams\">similar terms<\/a>,\u201d the Times reported. \u201cSpending time with him could be exhilarating, they said. 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