{"id":13182,"date":"2026-06-08T22:26:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T22:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=13182"},"modified":"2026-06-08T22:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T22:26:47","slug":"sen-chuck-schumer-sulks-over-graham-platner-problem-ahead-of-maine-dem-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=13182","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Chuck Schumer sulks over Graham Platner problem ahead of Maine Dem primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is standing by his endorsement of embattled Graham Platner in Tuesday\u2019s Maine Democratic primary, even after a deluge of sexual misconduct allegations rocked the political newcomer\u2019s campaign in the lead-up to the election.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Schumer dodged a reporter\u2019s question about whether Democrats should back Platner in tomorrow\u2019s primary. The senator\u2019s office also did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old veteran has been accused of having \u201chated women\u201d in relationships and being physically abusive at times, even twisting one of his exes\u2019 arms before locking her in a bedroom during an argument, according to former girlfriends who spoke with the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>One of those ex-girlfriends, Lyndsey Fifield, said that he \u201cwould joke\u201d about having gotten \u201ca Nazi tattoo\u201d after serving in the Marines because the soldiers he served with \u201cwere like a death unit\u201d and \u201cwere killers\u201d \u2014\u00a0despite Platner denying knowledge that the skull-and-crossbones symbol was used by Adolf Hitler\u2019s Schutzstaffel, or SS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout this campaign, I\u2019ve been open about what was a very dark period of my life where I struggled with undiagnosed PTSD, too often self-medicated with alcohol, and was a far from perfect boyfriend,\u201d Platner shared later in a statement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Graham Platner has vowed to take on the Democratic establishment. It\u2019s not clear if he\u2019d back Chuck Schumer as the top Senate Democrat. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has parsed his words carefully on Graham Platner. <span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI take responsibility for all of that, and wish I had been better. Any characterization beyond that is false, and I believe, politically motivated. I\u2019m not proud of who I was then, but I am proud of the work I\u2019ve done since, and the movement we are building in Maine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">Additionally, Amy Gertner, the Maine Democrat\u2019s wife, revealed to an aide last August, as the Platner campaign was launching, that her husband had sent \u201csexual\u201d messages to\u00a0at least six women outside his marriage, The Times and Wall Street Journal reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Following all these reports, Schumer, who is also the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker in Congress, told reporters at a news conference last Tuesday: \u201cI met with Graham Platner today. We\u2019re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Democratic leader repeated the statement several times as reporters peppered him with questions about the likely nominee for his party in Maine\u2019s race to unseat incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), only once changing course to underscore: \u201cI endorsed Graham Platner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) have not wavered in their public support, a whisper campaign has begun backing Platner\u2019s former primary opponent, Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The controversial oyster farmer has barnstormed Maine with 83 town hall events, but Democrats are nervous about him being their Senate nominee. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Both Schumer and Gillibrand had previously endorsed Mills before she dropped out of the race. Schumer\u2019s team even recruited her into the contest, viewing Maine as one of the Senate Democrats\u2019 top pickup opportunities of the 2026 cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic insiders said that swapping Mills, who suspended her campaign in April, out for Platner would be unprecedented in the history of Maine politics and near impossible without risking an inter-party civil war, though the governor has noted she\u2019ll still be on the June 9 primary ballot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Governor remains on the ballot, and in the wake of this week\u2019s stories, people across Maine are reaching out to tell her they\u2019re voting for her and encouraging her to get fully back into the race,\u201d a source close to Mills previously told CNN.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Graham Platner had an account on Kik that was still active during his campaign.  <span class=\"credit\">Obtained by NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which is chaired by Gillibrand, has also considered yanking some ad spending in the wake of the allegations against Platner, which include him having maintained an account on the private messaging app Kik, which has been cited in court cases as a platform frequented by groomers and sexual predators.<\/p>\n<p>Platner\u2019s account name, \u201cphustle0331,\u201d resembled the name of his pseudonymous account on Reddit, \u201cP-Hustle,\u201d on which he shared offensive remarks about rape and sexual assaults that occur in the military.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery Democrat knows P-Hustle has Nazi ink, was Captain D\u2013k-Pic on Kik, abusive towards women and slandered American soldiers online,\u201d Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) claimed to The Post Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania senator later pledged he will wear a suit \u201cevery day\u201d if Platner can prove he didn\u2019t send \u201cd\u2013k pics\u201d to minors on Kik.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Fetterman seems to genuinely think that the reason no one likes him is because he refuses to wear a suit. It\u2019s not the hoodie, dude. It\u2019s because you\u2019ve become a stooge for AIPAC and the Republican party,\u201d Platner responded on his X account.<\/p>\n<p>His campaign acknowledged that the Kik profile hadn\u2019t been deactivated but told the Journal that the candidate \u201chad long deleted the app from his phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; display:grid; place-items:center;\">\r\n    <!-- JuicyAds v3.0 -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async src=\"https:\/\/poweredby.jads.co\/js\/jads.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins id=\"1114307\" data-width=\"908\" data-height=\"258\"><\/ins>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async>(adsbyjuicy = window.adsbyjuicy || []).push({'adzone':1114307});<\/script>\r\n<!--JuicyAds END-->\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u7b2c\u4e8c\u901a\u680f\uff1a728\u00d790 \u901a\u680f -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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