Maine Democrat Graham Platner, who is facing a statewide primary next week, is facing a fresh wave of allegations about his treatment of several women he dated and the controversy surrounding his Nazi tattoo.The intense scrutiny comes in the final days before the Democratic primary in Maine. Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee, is running to challenge incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in November.A newly published New York Times report detailed additional allegations involving Platner. Multiple women told the newspaper that his actions were intimidating, disturbing, and sometimes aggressive.
For instance, Lyndsey Fifield said Platner never hit or punched her but noted he regularly grabbed her by the shoulders and once yanked her out of a cab by the wrist after an argument between the two. She also said he thought rape was about holding power over someone else, especially home intruders.
“He said this a lot: If anybody ever broke in here, I would rape them,” the 40-year-old woman said, adding he justified it by saying it would not be in “a sexual way, not in a gay way.”
“He was like, I would rape them to show them that I’m dominant,” she said.
Platner’s campaign disputed many of the concerning allegations in the report, though it did not push back on his past “rape” comments. The Republican National Committee called his behavior “absolutely disgusting” in an X post.
