{"id":2612926,"date":"2026-06-10T11:37:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-platner-fires-back-they-want-to-talk-about-me-not-maine\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:38:38","slug":"graham-platner-fires-back-they-want-to-talk-about-me-not-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-platner-fires-back-they-want-to-talk-about-me-not-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Platner fires back: &#8216;They want to talk about me, not Maine&#8217;"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fgraham-platner-fires-back-they-want-to-talk-about-me-not-maine%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=2612926&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>Graham Platner,the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate seat in Maine, won Tuesday\u2019s Democratic primary with 72% of the vote and is now set to challenge incumbent Sen. Susan Collins. After his victory, Platner pushed back against critics who have focused on past allegations and an ongoing sexting scandal, arguing that the attacks are meant to distract from issues affecting working Mainers. He said the campaign is ultimately \u201cabout us\u201d and \u201cabout Maine,\u201d emphasizing economic struggles rather then personal conduct details.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4590378\/senate-democrats-platner-sexting-controversy\/\">Graham Platner<\/a>, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, fired back at critics, saying, \u201cThey continue to try to make this race about me, and what they fail to understand is, it\u2019s not about me at all. It\u2019s about us. It\u2019s about Maine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4601303\/collins-platner-maine-senate-primary-results\/\">won the Democratic primary<\/a> Tuesday night, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4602027\/platner-victory-speech-redemption-defeating-billionaires-greedy-corporations\/\">obtaining 72%<\/a> of the vote to now challenge incumbent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4596468\/republicans-pour-3-million-susan-collins-campaign-graham-platner-support-stalls\/\">Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)<\/a> for Senate in November. Discussing his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-democrats-behind-ocasio-cortez-win-looking-to-primary-joe-manchin-kyrsten-sinema\/\" title=\"Progressive Democrats Behind Ocasio-Cortez Win Looking To Primary Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema\">primary victory<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >addressing past allegations<\/a> of misconduct and an ongoing sexting scandal, Platner stated that none of it is \u201cactually concerning.\u201d <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4602272\/south-carolina-nevada-swing-race-primary-takeaway\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>South Carolina and Nevada Democrats chose their challengers for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-democrat-torches-aoc-in-interview-for-not-helping-party-in-midterms-suburban-voters-reject-her\/\" title=\"Top Democrat Torches AOC In Interview For Not Helping Party In Midterms: \u2018Suburban ...rs\u2019 Reject Her\">swing races<\/a> and other primary takeaways<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4590364\/california-6th-congressional-district-primary-results-kevin-kiley\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>California\u2019s 6th Congressional District primary result: Kevin Kiley will face Democrat Richard Pan<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4602158\/voters-gave-platner-chance-ro-khanna\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Voters gave Platner a \u2018chance at redemption\u2019: Ro Khanna<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople will make everything seem concerning because that\u2019s what people do in politics,\u201d Platner said on MS Now\u2019s <em>Morning Joe <\/em>Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout his campaign, Platner has faced <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4597477\/four-scandal-maine-senate-candidate-graham-platner\/\">several allegations,<\/a> including racism, accusations involving Nazi symbolism, claims of infidelity, and reports that he exchanged sexually explicit messages with women who were not his wife.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Graham Platner: \u201cThis is what everyone wants to make the campaign about so we do not talk about the struggles of working Mainers. We do not talk about the fact I know someone in my hometown here who works three jobs and pays over 60% of her monthly income in rent. I think that\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cYSQOLnnl5\">pic.twitter.com\/cYSQOLnnl5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarcoFoster_\/status\/2064693770256253054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner argued that his critics were attempting to divert attention from what he views as the real issue: the challenges working Mainers face. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is what everyone wants to make the campaign about, so we do not talk about the struggles of working Mainers,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cWe do not talk about the fact that I know someone in my hometown here who works three jobs and pays over 60% of her income in rent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4601303\/collins-platner-maine-senate-primary-results\/\"><strong>COLLINS AND PLATNER SET UP BLOCKBUSTER MAINE SENATE SHOWDOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner maintained that the needs and concerns of Maine residents were far more important than the details of his personal life, saying, \u201cI think that matters a lot more than the details of my relationship before I ran for United States Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-condemns-d-c-demonstrators-despite-past-encouragement-of-violent-blm-mobs\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris condemns D.C. demonstrators despite past encouragement of violent BLM mobs\">working people<\/a> of this state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham Platner says critics wrongly focus on him; primary win: 72% for Maine Senate bid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":2612927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP25309659852225_70b2e7-e1781096923210.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6672,65649,45119],"class_list":["post-2612926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-commentary","tag-graham-platner","tag-maine-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP25309659852225_70b2e7-e1781096923210.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2612926"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612930,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612926\/revisions\/2612930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2612927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2612926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2612926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2612926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}