{"id":1466,"date":"2026-06-02T20:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2026-06-02T20:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:38:17","slug":"fetterman-calls-platner-a-creep-after-reports-of-extramarital-sexting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1466","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman calls Platner a \u2018creep\u2019 after reports of extramarital sexting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n            Sen. John Fetterman issued a scathing takedown of Graham Platner as the leading Democratic candidate in Maine\u2019s Senate race has become embroiled in a scandal over reports that he sent sexual text messages to women who were not his wife.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1464\">Exclusive: House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Jimmy Gomez over sexual misconduct allegations, sources say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            In an interview with CNN Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Democrat also laid into Platner over past social media posts that have haunted Platner\u2019s campaign for months. Fetterman likened Platner to a \u201cNazi sympathizer\u201d over a now-infamous tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol. Platner has apologized for the past posts and has pleaded ignorance over the meaning of the tattoo, which he has since covered.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWhen I was growing up, if someone had a clear Nazi tattoo on them, you probably could conclude that they\u2019re a Nazi sympathizer,\u201d Fetterman said, before rattling off some of Platner\u2019s more incendiary posts. \u201cAre you going to continue to defend that or dismiss that?\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The sharp criticism comes as many Senate Democrats have been reluctant  to criticize their party\u2019s top candidate in Maine\u2019s highly competitive Senate race after reports have circulated about Platner\u2019s wife flagging his sexual texts with other women to his campaign.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI met with Graham Platner today. We\u2019re going to beat Susan Collins, take back the Senate,\u201d Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Platner didn\u2019t answer questions about his extramarital sexting scandal as he entered a meeting with Senate Democrats on Tuesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, brushed off the impact of the revelations.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cNow, why do the richest people in this country want to defeat Graham Platner? That should tell you everything you need to know, because he\u2019s gonna stand up for working people, is he a saint? I guess not. I don\u2019t know too many saints here,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Fetterman, meanwhile, laid into Platner for reportedly having an account on the messaging app Kik with the username, \u201cphustle0331.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cOh, phustle,\u201d Fetterman said of Platner. \u201cWhat kind of a creep? What kind of a creeper has been on \u2026 a platform like Kik, and send a dozen explicit kinds of messages and who knows what else?\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Democrats, already facing a difficult path to recapture control of the US Senate, are now grappling with the latest revelations about Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee set to face Collins in a must-win race for the party.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Platner\u2019s wife said in a statement Saturday that she was \u201cdeeply hurt\u201d after details of her husband\u2019s messages to other women became public, accusing a former campaign official and confidante of betraying her trust. The statement from Platner\u2019s wife, Amy Gertner, came after both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal reported that shortly after Platner announced his Senate campaign last year, Gertner flagged to campaign staff sexual text messages her husband had with other women.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            CNN has not independently confirmed the existence of the text messages. CNN did verify that a Kik account with the user name \u201cphustle0331\u201d appears to belong to Platner. It features a profile photo showing Platner shirtless in a bathroom with a towel on his waist and uses a handle similar to ones on his since-deleted Reddit account and a now-deleted Instagram account.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1462\">Political gravity is coming for some of Trump\u2019s most jarring ideas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            CNN has reached out to Platner\u2019s campaign to request comment on Fetterman\u2019s criticism.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Platner is also not a fan of Fetterman, whom he has called the \u201cbane of my existence.\u201d Platner has rejected comparisons to the Pennsylvania Democrat, who ran as an everyman outsider in his 2022 Senate race.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            While Fetterman stopped short of calling on Platner to drop out of the race, he praised Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who suspended her primary campaign at the end of April due to a lack of sufficient funds, as an \u201cupstanding\u201d and \u201ccommitted Democrat.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n             It \u201cseems like the only thing wrong with her is she happens to be 78,\u201d he added.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Fetterman would not say if he would back Platner if he becomes the Democratic nominee. Pressed on if he would back GOP Sen. Collins over Platner in a general election, he said, \u201cno, no, I don\u2019t know,\u201d before again referring to \u201cwhatever kind of creeper stuff\u201d that Platner does online.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Fetterman told CNN that if Platner does win the seat, \u201cwe\u2019ll all have to work together,\u201d even if he likes \u201cbeing a tough guy behind the keyboard.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith told CNN, \u201cI think that Maine voters are going to decide what they think.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cHe\u2019s been a really exciting candidate, and I think that voters are, like, not that interested in people\u2019s text messages. They\u2019re interested in, like, what, you know, are politicians going to actually do something to make their lives work better, and I think that\u2019s why Graham Platner has captured the imagination of so many people in Maine,\u201d she said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The Democrat, who is retiri\ufeffng after this term, said she doesn\u2019t think this amounts to a stain on Platner\u2019s character, saying, \u201cfar be it for me to look inside the complexities of people\u2019s marriages.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n said Platner needs to \u201ctalk to voters and talk to constituents and answer questions. I think it\u2019s important for people to be forthright and to be honest, and to talk to people, and that\u2019s what\u2019s going to be expected.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Asked if he backs Platner as the party\u2019s nominee, Lujan responded, \u201clook, he\u2019s the nominee right now. He has to go and earn the trust of voters. And just like every other candidate has to do as well,\u201d before railing against Collins for \u201cdevastating\u201d Maine\u2019s economy.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Sen. Elissa Slotkin, who won in battleground Michigan last cycle, told CNN, \u201cI\u2019m going to work with whoever the state of Maine elects\u201d when asked if she has concerns about Platner.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1458\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Association reschedules dinner after shooting incident<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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