{"id":2618697,"date":"2026-06-24T19:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T23:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/serial-cheater-graham-platner-i-support-planned-parenthood-because-they-gave-me-std-checks\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T19:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T23:23:47","slug":"serial-cheater-graham-platner-i-support-planned-parenthood-because-they-gave-me-std-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/serial-cheater-graham-platner-i-support-planned-parenthood-because-they-gave-me-std-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"Serial Cheater Graham Platner: I Support Planned Parenthood Because They Gave Me STD Checks"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fserial-cheater-graham-platner-i-support-planned-parenthood-because-they-gave-me-std-checks%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=2618697&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>This content features an article criticizing Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, highlighting a series of scandals and controversial behaviors. It discusses recent personal issues, including sexting scandals and an extramarital affair, as well as his past social media activity involving sexually explicit messages and a private messaging account on Kik, frequently enough used by teens, where he posted a shirtless selfie with a Nazi symbol tattoo. The article points out discrepancies in his explanations about the tattoo and references offensive Reddit posts,suggesting a pattern of inappropriate and troubling conduct.<\/p>\n<p>The piece also addresses Platner&#8217;s stance supporting Planned Parenthood, humorously attributing it to his claim of getting STD tests there, amidst the ongoing scandals that include accusations of making light of sex trafficking, rape, and violent statements. It critiques the vetting process that allowed such a candidate to run, noting that despite his numerous controversies, his campaign persisted, largely due to inadequate oversight.<\/p>\n<p>the article portrays Platner as an unqualified and scandal-ridden candidate, emphasizing the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-must-have-been-cheating-watchdog-group-sues-for-records-relating-to-derogatory-comments-bidens-atf-pick-allegedly-made-against-black-agents\/\" title=\"\u2018They Must Have Been Cheating...: Watchdog Group Sues For Records Relating To Derogatory Comments Biden...s ATF Pick Allegedly Made Against Black Agents\">vetting political nominees<\/a> thoroughly to avoid electing individuals with such problematic histories.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Give Graham Platner points for honesty. Just not with his partners.<\/p>\n<p>Less than a month after the Maine Democratic senatorial nominee was caught up with an extramarital sexting scandal \u2014 this on top of a Nazi tattoo scandal \u2014 Platner came up with the worst possible reason for supporting Planned Parenthood at one of the pro-abortion group\u2019s rallies: They gave him STD tests.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I\u2019m sold.<\/p>\n<p>The viral clip came from a rally at which Platner was given the endorsement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/facebook-coo-shows-true-colors-donates-1-million-to-planned-parenthood-action-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood Action Fund<\/a>, as if there were any doubt in the matter. Not only is he the Democrat in what\u2019s inarguably the most hotly contested Senate race in the nation, but the state\u2019s Republican senator, Susan Collins, voted to confirm three justices who, in turn, voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReproductive health care is health care. Abortion is health care,\u201d Platner said at the news conference Monday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscentermaine.com\/article\/news\/politics\/maine-politics\/democrat-graham-platner-wins-planned-parenthood-endorsement-maine-us-senate-race-susan-collins\/97-29bfc7d7-2133-495f-80d6-88a68756520d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC Maine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Susan Collins told us that Brett Kavanaugh had assured her that Roe was settled law \u2014 it was the law of the land and that a woman\u2019s right to choose was in no way, shape or form under threat \u2014 she either lied to us or she was tricked,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither one of those is something we want out of our United States senator for the state of Maine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But this is what we <em>do<\/em> want:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Graham Platner (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/grahamformaine?\">@grahamformaine<\/a>): Thanks to Planned Parenthood, I\u2019ve been able to get tested for STDs <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PnFJG8GmGr\">pic.twitter.com\/PnFJG8GmGr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tomselliott\/status\/2069172571841454187?\">June 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Just so we\u2019re clear, there\u2019s plenty of history here.<\/p>\n<p>Platner, whose candidacy clearly wasn\u2019t given gold-standard vetting, found himself in quite a pickle late last month when it was revealed that he had at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-view-rips-graham-platner-keep-it-in-your-pants\/\" title=\"The View rips ...: \u2018Keep it in your pants...\">exchanged sexually explicit messages<\/a> with at least six different women while married to his current wife. It\u2019s unclear whether the contact went beyond what millennials would have called \u201ccybering\u201d \u2014 but hey, if it did, Planned Parenthood had him covered.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, it was revealed that he also had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wi-republican-linked-to-explicit-trans-account-pushed-rcv\/\" title=\"WI Republican Linked To Explicit Trans Account Pushed RCV\">sexually explicit account<\/a> on Kik, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-wants-florida-to-provide-internet-to-cuba-following-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis Wants Florida To Provide Internet To Cuba Following Government Shutdown\">social media service<\/a> known for clearing its message history when you log out, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >large teen user base drawn<\/a> to this feature.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cPlatner also has an active account on Kik, a popular, private messaging app. Platner\u2019s profile shows a mirror selfie of him shirtless with a towel wrapped around his waist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kik\u2019s primary users are teens and young adults. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ApGlr11Km1\">pic.twitter.com\/ApGlr11Km1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Republicans (@Republicans) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Republicans\/status\/2060853871904170471?\">May 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>His profile picture was of himself shirtless, taking a picture of himself in the mirror \u2014 albeit with the phone strategically covering up his tattoo of a <em>Totenkopf<\/em>, the signature logo of the Nazi SS, which he says he had no idea was a Nazi logo when he got it done as a Marine in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Both a former girlfriend and his former campaign manager disputed this account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/sure-sounds-graham-platner-knew-202926723.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a> he was a military history buff who was fully aware of the significance of the distinctive skull-and-crossbones icon.<\/p>\n<p>And then there was the trove of Reddit posts, which first raised red flags about Platner, in which he made light of sex trafficking and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-senate-candidate-smeared-white-voters-also-advised-reddit-socialists-rifles-use-fascism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rape<\/a>, along with outing his penchant for self-love in porta-potties. (I\u2019m not sure if that last one can give you an STD, but if doing said activity in a certain place puts you at risk for that, a porta-john definitely is that place.)<\/p>\n<p>He also reportedly told his former girlfriend that \u201cif anybody ever broke in\u201d to his house, \u201cI would rape them,\u201d but not in \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 alleged.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m again not sure if this ever happened, but STDs notoriously do not care if you\u2019re just raping a guy \u201cnot in a gay way\u201d but \u201cto show them that I\u2019m dominant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given all of this, precisely what does Graham Platner need to do to lose your vote at this point?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s face facts here: We can be as sanguine as we want about this, but in a normal midterm year where the GOP controls the White House and both chambers of Congress, Maine would be an easy flip, statistically speaking. Democrats could literally run Snoopy and win. Talk about diversity: The first anthropomorphic animated mute beagle ever to be elected to Congress! (And if you count the ears and nose, he\u2019s at least a quarter black.)<\/p>\n<p>They decided not to run Snoopy or any other entity that would have an easy time of dislodging Susan Collins. They ran a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/maine-dems-nominate-nazi-tattooed-graham-platner-immediately-attacks-susan-collins-reputation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failson hobbyist oysterman<\/a> with a lot of opinions but no experience in service outside of the Marines, where he spent an inordinate amount of his time stationed in the loo.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/the-mad-scientist-behind-graham-platners-scandal-plagued-rise-96f68810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, the man who recruited him to enter the race \u2014 progressive activist Dan Moraff \u2014 rushed the vetting process on Platner, and it shows. To say that new scandals pop up every week is to understate the frequency, and when they aren\u2019t being discovered by the media, they\u2019re being created by Platner himself.<\/p>\n<p>At least you can say this, though: He got one part of his body checked for diseases by an organization responsible for systematically killing humans as enthusiastically as the organization he had tattooed on another part of his body. Score one for consistency, I suppose \u2014 and sadly, it makes him the perfect sort of Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/coffee-shop-in-nyc-in-full-retreat-after-hateful-attack-on-jewish-congressman-backfires-in-every-way-possible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for the year 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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