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Fetterman Challenges Platner to Release Messages With Women, Offers to Wear Suit Daily if He Does

Fetterman says he will wear suits if Platner releases the texts, while accusing the Maine Senate candidate of multiple past controversies.

  • On Thursday, Sen. John Fetterman intensified criticism of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, challenging him to release private messages allegedly exchanged with a dozen women through the messaging app Kik.
  • Registered under the username P-Hustle, the Kik account was created in 2016; Platner's campaign acknowledged it belonged to him but said he deleted the app without deactivating the account.
  • Fetterman vowed to "wear a suit every day" if Platner released the messages, contrasting his attire with Platner's conduct and stating he had "no problem posing in a towel at a disgusting website."
  • Despite Fetterman's challenge, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Elizabeth Warren endorsed Platner's campaign against Republican Sen. Susan Collins, while Sen. Bernie Sanders defended him.
  • Platner previously apologized for past controversies, including a 2007 Totenkopf tattoo and comments about Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, stating he hoped voters would "judge me on the person I am today.
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The campaign of the candidate from the radical left to the Senate by the state of Maine, Graham Platner, now faces attacks coming from the ranks of the Democratic Party itself. Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman harshly attacked the progressive candidate because of his record of incendiary statements and the persistent scandal surrounding his active profile on the controversial anonymous messaging platform Kik. During an interview given to host…

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