Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate running for the Senate in Maine, denied the latest abuse allegations brought against him by multiple women on Thursday following another bombshell report.Asked by MS NOW host Chris Hayes about additional allegations in a New York Times report, Platner insisted the claims were false.“There are some allegations in this piece that I just want to be kind of unequivocal about are simply not true,” he said on All In With Chris Hayes. “Anything alleging physicality, anything alleging that I knew what my tattoo was, these are the statements of someone who’s politically motivated.”
His statement was directed toward Lyndsey Fifield, a longtime Republican operative who has worked for conservative organizations and Republican campaigns.
In the report, Fifield claimed Platner frequently grabbed her shoulders and once grabbed her wrist forcefully when they dated years ago. She also recalled how he pushed her into a bedroom and closed the door on her. Platner denied all of those encounters, answering in the affirmative when Hayes asked him if she was lying.
“In this piece, there’s a lot about my struggling, not being a good boyfriend, certainly self-medicating with alcohol,” the military veteran said. “And I’ve been very upfront since the beginning of this campaign, that was a pretty dark period of my life after I came back from my combat service.”
