Graham Platner says Maine voters will 'have my back' despite scandals ahead of Senate primary

[rangerrebew]

Graham Platner says Maine voters will 'have my back' despite scandals ahead of Senate primary
PATRICK WHITTLE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI
 
Democrat Graham Platner facing new scrutiny about his past treatment of women
BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Graham Platner, the insurgent Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, defiantly declared Friday that voters would stand by him despite a steady drumbeat of reports about his history with women.

Speaking to a crowd of hundreds in a costal resort town, with Tuesday's primary around the corner, the first-time candidate pitched himself as a man with an imperfect past who remains Democrats' best chance to oust Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November.

"When politically motivated, serious and false accusations are made against me, Maine, you have my back," Platner said. "The state of Maine raised me. And the state of Maine saved me."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/us--election-2026-platner-040141953.html

[rangerrebew]

I find it interesting that when Trump was accused of somewhat the same thing, democrats were in such a rush to get him convicted as a felon, they even bent the law to do.  But with Platner, they aren't even interested in broaching the subject, except for Fetterman.  Ah, the modern democrat.

[240B]

On the street, the term 'have my back' means, I am about to do something stupid/illegal, or I have done something stupid/illegal, will you help me?

If I get caught, will you 'have my back'? I'm about to go punch that guy. Do you 'have my back'? (meaning will you assist me and cover for me)

[Cyber Liberty]

On the street, the term 'have my back' means, I am about to do something stupid/illegal, or I have done something stupid/illegal, will you help me?

If I get caught, will you 'have my back'? I'm about to go punch that guy. Do you 'have my back'? (meaning will you assist me and cover for me)

It's a telling turn of a phrase, isn't it?  I've gotten to where I'm rooting for Platner to win, just to see how much damage to the rest of the Democrat Party his candidacy can do.

[BobfromWB]

So far, all the Dem Mainers I seen interview are going to vote for him because they consider him as a better bet than Collins. Many said they don't care about his scandals, but love his ideas. Others say he's a Dem and that's good enough for them.

[Cyber Liberty]

So far, all the Dem Mainers I seen interview are going to vote for him because they consider him as a better bet than Collins. Many said they don't care about his scandals, but love his ideas. Others say he's a Dem and that's good enough for them.

That's 100% believable, both parts.

[mystery-ak]

Dem Rep. Khanna on Graham Platner: ‘We Broke a Lot of People’ by Sending Them to Iraq

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said “we broke a lot of people” when discussing the saga of scandal-ridden Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine.

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/06/07/dem-rep-khanna-on-graham-platner-we-broke-a-lot-of-people-by-sending-them-to-iraq/

[Kamaji]

I find it interesting that when Trump was accused of somewhat the same thing, democrats were in such a rush to get him convicted as a felon, they even bent the law to do.  But with Platner, they aren't even interested in broaching the subject, except for Fetterman.  Ah, the modern democrat.

Yup.  The hypocrisy is astounding, even for the democrats.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/grahamformaine/status/2063682733864288560

[mountaineer]

He's such a fraud.

Joni Job
@jj_talking
But the Billionaires  🤦‍♀️

Platner, who before becoming an oyster farmer worked as a State Department contractor in Afghanistan for Constellis, formerly known as Blackwater, bills himself as "working class."

Graham Platner’s takeover of an existing oyster business was actually funded by a $20,000 grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, a Greek billionaire’s nonprofit, and by his mother, Leslie Harlow, a local businesswoman who owns two restaurants and a gift shop in the area.

Anyway, the New York Times, which originally promoted Platner’s ‘oysterman’ routine shows the farming thing is fake.

His mother, he has said, concocted a plan to bring him back to Maine with the help of a family friend who owned an oyster farm that he pursued as a hobby. The farm, Mr. Platner told News Center Maine, “fell into my lap.”

Mr. Platner’s farm is unmarked by any visible sign… Before his Senate campaign, he offered eco-tourism tours of his plot. He shucked at private parties and sold his oysters at a local deli, where a sandwich is named for him. He has also been an aquaculture activist, taking local politicians on his boat to promote the industry. After Mr. Platner took over the farm, his mother installed a raw bar at her restaurant to serve his oysters; Mr. Platner would entertain customers as he shucked. His shellfish shipping certificates filed with the state’s Department of Marine Resources show a shuttered smokehouse business owned by his mother as his business address, and the only significant compensation he reported from his business on his campaign financial disclosure form comes from his mother’s restaurant.

So much for the ‘oysterman’ thing.

His money, as previously reported, comes from a somewhat suspect disability.

Mr. Platner’s livelihood appears to largely depend on government benefits.

His 100 percent disability rating from the V.A. provides him with approximately $4,800 a month in tax-free benefits. His disability status was awarded for physical injuries sustained in combat along with post-traumatic stress disorder and hearing loss, “a couple herniated discs,” injuries to his shoulders and knees

Any time you hear PTSD and depression, red flags go up.

In Reddit posts from 2021, where he coached other veterans on how to maximize their benefits, Mr. Platner said he also had a traumatic brain injury along with anxiety and depression linked to his PTSD, which he says he began receiving treatment for in 2017.

His rating does not mean he cannot work, Mr. Platner says, nor will it affect his fitness to serve as a senator.

When you have 100% disability, but it doesn’t affect your fitness to work, but does net you a very nice income, that’s not working class.

That’s welfare class.
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7:09 PM · Jun 6, 2026

[Kamaji]

https://twitter.com/grahamformaine/status/2063682733864288560

Says the Nazi.

[Cyber Liberty]

Says the Nazi.

...Who beats up women while cheating on them, holds them against their will, and threatens to rape them and any men who piss him off.  Apparently he's gay, or at least trying to get in the spirit of this month....