🚨 BREAKING: The Graham Platner Bombshell Has Arrived

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After days of rumors, the New York Times — around 4:45 pm eastern time — dropped its big investigative story on Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner.

Here’s the headline:

Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior

The two Times reporters who wrote the piece spent more than two months talking to six ex-girlfriends of Platner’s — dating back to 2013.

Three of the exes have nice things to say about him. Three have much less nice things to say.

Here are the key paragraphs:

In interviews with The New York Times on Wednesday, several women did just that, describing Mr. Platner as a fun and caring partner, and saying they felt safe with him. Some remain friends with him to this day, years after their relationships ended.

But in extensive conversations over the past two months, three other women who had been romantically involved with Mr. Platner offered a far more complicated assessment, describing volatile and “toxic” relationships that were unsettling and at times emotionally wrenching.

Mr. Platner could be charming and charismatic, they recalled in interviews, but also demeaning to women and, in at least one case, even physically threatening. He drank heavily and was regularly unfaithful.

Does this story alone knock Platner out of the race? Probably not.

But, this is the fourth bad-to-very-bad story for the Maine Democrat — Reddit posts, Totenkopf tattoo, sexting multiple women who are not his wife and now this.

So far, Senate Democrats are mostly mum. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ignored reporters’ questions about Platner after the story dropped.

Manu Raju@mkraju

Just asked Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer if he still supports Graham Platner, and he ignored the question and walked on the floor.

9:49 PM · Jun 4, 2026 · 6.98K Views

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Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, who has long been a Platner critic, was more willing to call for his party to abandon the Maine oyster farmer.

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John Fetterman tells CNN that it’s time for Maine Democrats to back Janet Mills over Platner Fetterman to CNN: “I think what's time is is for Maine voters to take a look at the sitting governor, an honorable woman, and that is a committed Democrat that's already won statewide”

9:13 PM · Jun 4, 2026 · 14.1K Views

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I read the full story multiple times — it’s long! — and recorded the video above for my YouTube channel. In it, I break down all the angles and what this might mean for the Maine Senate race — and the broader fight for the Senate majority.

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